rhodoferax fermentans rhodoferax fermentans rhodoferax fermentans is a psychrophilic, motile bacterium from the genus rhodoferax. it is a photosynthetic bacteria. rhodoferax fermentans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: rhodoferax species: r. fermentans binomial name rhodoferax fermentanshiraishi et al. 1992 type strain atcc 49787, ccug 45364, dsm 10138, fr2, hiraishi fr2, ifo 16659, jcm 7819, nbrc 16659