glycocaulis albus glycocaulis albus glycocaulis albus is a gram-negative, aerobic, mesophilic, moderately halophilic and motile bacterium from the genus of glycocaulis which has been isolated from saline soil which was contaminated with petroleum from the shengli oilfield in china. glycocaulis albus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: caulobacterales family: maricaulaceae genus: glycocaulis species: g. albus binomial name glycocaulis albuslv et al. 2014