altererythrobacter deserti altererythrobacter deserti altererythrobacter deserti is a gram-negative, aerobic, short-rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of altererythrobacter which has been isolated from desert soil. altererythrobacter deserti scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: altererythrobacter species: a. deserti binomial name altererythrobacter desertiyan et al. 2017 type strain cgmcc 1.15959, kacc 19190, thg-s3