thiorhodococcus minor thiorhodococcus minor thiorhodococcus minor is a bacterium from the genus of thiorhodococcus which has been isolated from lagoon sediments from the arcachon bay. thiorhodococcus minor scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: thiorhodococcus species: t. minor binomial name thiorhodococcus minorguyoneaud et al. 1998 type strain atcc 700259, dsm 11518, strain ce2203 synonyms thiorhodococcus minus