lentibacter lentibacter lentibacter is a gram-negative and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of rhodobacteraceae with one known species (lentibacter algarum). lentibacter algarum has been isolated from the algae enteromorpha prolifera from qingdao in china. lentibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: lentibacterli et al. 2012 type species lentibacter algarum species l. algarum