aureimonas populi aureimonas populi aureimonas populi is a gram-negative, facultative aerobic and motil bacteria from the genus of aurantimonas which has been isolated from the bark of a poplar tree. aureimonas populi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: aurantimonadaceae genus: aureimonas species: a. populi binomial name aureimonas populili et al. 2018 type strain 10-107-7, 4m3-2, cfcc 11187, kctc 42087