acinetobacter towneri acinetobacter towneri acinetobacter towneri is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge in bendigo in australia. acinetobacter towneri scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: pseudomonadales family: moraxellaceae genus: acinetobacter species: a. towneri binomial name acinetobacter townericarr et al. 2003 type strain ab1110, ccm 7201, ccug 50769, cip 107472, dsm 14962, kctc 12419, p. kämpfer ab1110, r-18505