thiomonas cuprina thiomonas cuprina thiomonas cuprina is an as(iii)-oxidizing bacterium from the genus thiomonas. it is proposed to be reclassified, along with thiomonas arsenivorans, as strains of thiomonas delicata. thiomonas cuprina scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: thiomonas species: t. cuprina binomial name thiomonas cuprinamoreira and amils 1997 type strain dsm 5495, nbrc 102094, nbrc 102145