brucella thiophenivorans brucella thiophenivorans brucella thiophenivorans is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive non-spore-forming non-motile bacteria from the genus of brucella which was isolated from waste water in germany. brucella thiophenivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: brucellaceae genus: brucella species: b. thiophenivorans binomial name brucella thiophenivorans(kämpfer et al. 2008) hördt et al. 2020 type strain ak220, ccm 7492, ccug 55412, dsm 7216 synonyms ochrobactrum thiophenivorans kämpfer et al. 2008