hymenobacter deserti hymenobacter deserti hymenobacter deserti is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of hymenobacter which has been isolated from soil from the desert of xinjiang in china. hymenobacter deserti scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: hymenobacter species: h. deserti binomial name hymenobacter desertizhang et al. 2009 type strain cctcc ab 207171, zlb-3, nrrl b-51267