blastochloris gulmargensis blastochloris gulmargensis blastochloris gulmargensis is a gram-negative, motile bacteria from the genus of blastochloris which was isolated from biofilm in a cold sulfur spring in gulmarg in india. blastochloris gulmargensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: blastochloridaceae genus: blastochloris species: b. gulmargensis binomial name blastochloris gulmargensisvenkata ramana et al. 2011 type strain dsm 19786, ja248, jcm 14795