syntrophus buswellii syntrophus buswellii syntrophus buswellii is a bacterium. it is a motile, gram-negative, anaerobic rod-shaped organism which catabolises benzoate. syntrophus buswellii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: syntrophia order: syntrophales family: syntrophaceae genus: syntrophus species: s. buswellii binomial name syntrophus buswelliimountfort et al. 1984