celeribacter naphthalenivorans celeribacter naphthalenivorans celeribacter naphthalenivorans is a gram-negative, naphthalene-degrading, moderately halophilic, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of celeribacter with a polar flagellum which has been isolated from tidal flat sediments from the south sea in korea. celeribacter naphthalenivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: celeribacter species: c. naphthalenivorans binomial name celeribacter naphthalenivoranstaek oh et al. 2015 type strain jcm 30679, kacc 18393, strain emb201