wenxinia wenxinia wenxinia is a genus of bacteria from the family of rhodobacteraceae. it is named for biologist chen wenxin. wenxinia scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: wenxiniaying et al. 2007 type species wenxinia marina species w. marina w. saemankumensis