Sphingobacterium lactis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Taxobox

| name = Sphingobacterium lactis

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacteroidota

| classis = Sphingobacteriia

| ordo = Sphingobacteriales

| familia = Sphingobacteriaceae

| genus = Sphingobacterium

| species = S. lactis

| binomial = Sphingobacterium lactis

| binomial_authority = Schmidt et al. 2012{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Sphingobacterium|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/sphingobacterium}}

| type_strain = DSM 22361, LMG 25272, WCC 4521{{cite journal|title=Sphingobacterium lactis Taxon Passport - StrainInfo|website=www.straininfo.net|url=http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/380875|language=en}}

| subdivision =

| synonyms = Sphingobacterium lacticum{{cite journal|title=Sphingobacterium lactis|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/797291|language=en}}

}}

Sphingobacterium lactis is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Sphingobacterium which has been isolated from raw milk in Bavaria in Germany.{{cite journal|title=Details: DSM-22361|website=www.dsmz.de|url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-22361.html|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Schmidt|first1=V. S. J.|last2=Wenning|first2=M.|last3=Scherer|first3=S.|title=Sphingobacterium lactis sp. nov. and Sphingobacterium alimentarium sp. nov., isolated from raw milk and a dairy environment|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=19 August 2011|volume=62|issue=Pt 7|pages=1506–1511|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.036327-0|pmid=21856986}}