arcobacter venerupis arcobacter venerupis arcobacter venerupis is a species of gram-negative, slightly curved motile rod-shaped bacteria. it was first recovered from mussels and clams. its type strain is f4(t)=cect 7835(t)=lmg 26154(t)). arcobacter venerupis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: campylobacterota class: "campylobacteria" order: campylobacterales family: arcobacteraceae genus: arcobacter species: a. venerupislevican et al. 2012 binomial name arcobacter venerupis