phaeobacter inhibens phaeobacter inhibens phaeobacter inhibens is a bacterium from the genus of phaeobacter which has been isolated from seawater from galicia in spain. phaeobacter inhibens scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: phaeobacter species: p. inhibens binomial name phaeobacter inhibensmartens et al. 2006 type strain cect 7251, cip 109289, dsm 16374, lmg 22475, strain t5