plantibacter plantibacter plantibacter is a gram-positive, non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of microbacteriaceae. plantibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: plantibacterbehrendt et al. 2002 type species plantibacter flavusbehrendt et al. 2002 species p. auratus lin and yokota 2006 p. flavus behrendt et al. 2002