kushneria avicenniae kushneria avicenniae kushneria avicenniae is a gram-negative and moderately halophilic bacterium from the genus of kushneria which has been isolated from surface of leaves from the mangrove avicennia germinans. kushneria avicenniae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: halomonadaceae genus: kushneria species: k. avicenniae binomial name kushneria avicenniae(soto-ramírez et al. 2007) sánchez-porro et al. 2009 type strain mw2a synonyms halomonas avicenniaehalomonas mangle