blastochloris blastochloris blastochloris is a genus of bacteria from the order of hyphomicrobiales. blastochloris scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: blastochloridaceaehördt et al. 2020 genus: blastochlorishiraishi 1997 type species blastochloris viridis species blastochloris gulmargensis venkata ramana et al. 2011 blastochloris sulfoviridis (keppen and gorlenko 1975) hiraishi 1997 blastochloris tepida madigan et al. 2020 blastochloris viridis (drews and giesbrecht 1966) hiraishi 1997