hoeflea marina hoeflea marina hoeflea marina is a gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of hoeflea which was isolated from marine environments in germany. agrobacterium ferrugineum was reclassified to hoeflea marina. hoeflea marina scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: rhizobiaceae genus: hoeflea species: h. marina binomial name hoeflea marinapeix et al. 2005 type strain a43, atcc 25654, cect 4356, dsm 16791, icpb 4166, lmg 128