rhodopseudomonas parapalustris rhodopseudomonas parapalustris rhodopseudomonas parapalustris is a rod-shaped, budding phototrophic and motile bacterium from the genus of rhodopseudomonas which has been isolated from soil and freshwater sediments in india. rhodopseudomonas parapalustris scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: nitrobacteraceae genus: rhodopseudomonas species: r. parapalustris binomial name rhodopseudomonas parapalustrisvenkata ramana et al. 2012 type strain kctc 5839, nbrc 106083, ja310 synonyms rhodopseudomonas pangongensis