marinobacter nanhaiticus marinobacter nanhaiticus marinobacter nanhaiticus is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic and slightly halophilic bacterium from the genus of marinobacter which has been isolated from sediments from the south china sea. marinobacter nanhaiticus has the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. marinobacter nanhaiticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: alteromonadaceae genus: marinobacter species: m. nanhaiticusgao et al. 2013 binomial name marinobacter nanhaiticus type strain cgmcc 1.11019, kctc 23749, d15-8w