anaeroarcus burkinensis anaeroarcus burkinensis anaeroarcus burkinensis is a gram-negative, strictly anaerobic bacterium from the genus of anaeroarcus which has been isolated from soil from a rice field in burkina faso in africa. anaeroarcus burkinensis uses lactate as only source of carbon. anaeroarcus burkinensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: negativicutes order: selenomonadales family: sporomusaceae genus: anaeroarcus species: a. burkinensis binomial name anaeroarcus burkinensis(ouattara et al. 1992) strömpl et al. 1999 type strain atcc 51455, b(4)b(0), b4b0, cip 105409, dsm 6283 synonyms anaerovibrio burkinabensis