thiophaeococcus thiophaeococcus thiophaeococcus or neothiorhodococcus is a genus of bacteria from the family of chromatiaceae. thiophaeococcus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: thiophaeococcusanil kumar et al. 2008 type species thiophaeococcus mangrovi species t. fuscus t. mangrovi synonyms neothiorhodococcus