rheinheimera rheinheimera rheinheimera is a genus of bacteria from the family of chromatiaceae. rheinheimera is named after the german microbiologist gerhard rheinheimer. rheinheimera scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: rheinheimerabrettar et al. 2002 type species rheinheimera baltica species r. aestuari r. aquimaris r. baltica r. coerulea r. gaetbuli r. hassiensis r. japonica r. marina r. muenzenbergensis r. nanhaiensis r. pacifica r. perlucida r. salexigens r. tuosuensis