maliponia maliponia maliponia is a gram-negative bacterial genus from the family of rhodobacteraceae with one known species (maliponia aquimaris). maliponia aquimaris has been isolated from seawater. maliponia scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: maliponiajung et al. 2016 type species maliponia aquimaris species m. aquimaris