daeguia daeguia daeguia is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). daeguia scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: brucellaceae genus: daeguiayoon et al. 2008 type species d. caeni etymology the name daeguia derives from: neo-latin daeguia, pertaining to daegu, the location of the textile dye works from which the type strain of the type species was isolated. the genus contains a single species, d. caeni (yoon et al. 2008, (type species of the genus) from latin caeni, of sludge)