imhoffiella imhoffiella imhoffiella is a phototrophic genus of bacteria from the family of chromatiaceae. imhoffiella is named after the german microbiologist johannes f. imhoff. imhoffiella scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: imhoffiellanupur et al. 2017 type species imhoffiella purpurea species i. bheemlica i. purpurea