rheinheimera salexigens rheinheimera salexigens rheinheimera salexigens is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of rheinheimera which has been isolated from a fishing hook from oahu. rheinheimera salexigens scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: rheinheimera species: r. salexigens binomial name rheinheimera salexigenshayashi et al. 2018 type strain atcc baa-2715, cip 111115, strain kh87 synonyms rheinheimera makueensis