acinetobacter apis acinetobacter apis acinetobacter apis is a gram-negative, obligate aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus acinetobacter which has been isolated from the intestinal tract of the bee apis mellifera. a. apis showed optimum growth at 25 degrees celsius, ph 6–7, and in the presence of 1% (w/v) nacl in trypticase soy broth medium. this bacterium was first characterized in 2014. acinetobacter apis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: pseudomonadales family: moraxellaceae genus: acinetobacter species: a. apis binomial name acinetobacter apiskim et al., 2014 type strain hyn18, jcm 18575, kacc 16906