brooklawnia cerclae brooklawnia cerclae brooklawnia cerclae is a gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic and non-motile bacterium which has been isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater in baton rouge, louisiana in the united states. brooklawnia cerclae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: propionibacteriaceae genus: brooklawniarainey et al. 2006 species: b. cerclae binomial name brooklawnia cerclaerainey et al. 2006 type strain bl-34dsm 19609jcm 14918lmg 23248moe bl-34nrrl b-41418