altererythrobacter palmitatis altererythrobacter palmitatis altererythrobacter palmitatis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, moderately thermophilic and motile bacterium from the genus of altererythrobacter. altererythrobacter palmitatis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: altererythrobacter species: a. palmitatis binomial name altererythrobacter palmitatisyuan et al. 2017