rhodoplanes roseus rhodoplanes roseus rhodoplanes roseus is a phototrophic bacterium from the genus of rhodoplanes which has been isolated from a duck pond in cambridge in new zealand. rhodoplanes roseus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: nitrobacteraceae genus: rhodoplanes species: r. roseus binomial name rhodoplanes roseushiraishi and ueda 1994 type strain atcc 49724, dsm 5909, janssen and harfoot 941, ncimb 13363 synonyms rhodopseudomonas rosea