thioalbus thioalbus thioalbus is a mesophilic, facultatively anaerobic and autotrophic genus of bacteria from the family of ectothiorhodospiraceae with one known species (thioalbus denitrificans). thioalbus denitrificans has been isolated from sediments from the sea of japan in korea. thioalbus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: ectothiorhodospiraceae genus: thioalbuspark et al. 2011 type species thioalbus denitrificans species t. denitrificans