dinghuibacter dinghuibacter dinghuibacter is a gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of chitinophagaceae with one known species (dinghuibacter silviterrae). dinghuibacter silviterrae has been isolated from forest soil from the dinghushan biosphere reserve in china. dinghuibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: dinghuibacterlv et al. 2016 type species dinghuibacter silviterrae species d. silviterrae