sneathiella sneathiella sneathiella is a halotolerant, aerobic and chemoheterotrophic genus of bacteria from the family of sneathiellaceae. sneathiella is named after the british microbiologist peter h. a. sneat. sneathiella scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sneathiellales family: sneathiellaceae genus: sneathiellajordan et al. 2007 type species sneathiella chinensis species s. chinensis s. chungangensis s. glossodoripedis