aurantimicrobium photophilum aurantimicrobium photophilum aurantimicrobium photophilum is a bacterium from the genus of aurantimicrobium which has been isolated from a freshwater lake. aurantimicrobium photophilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: aurantimicrobium species: a. photophilum binomial name aurantimicrobium photophilumhahn et al. 2021 type strain mwh-mo1