thauera mechernichensis thauera mechernichensis thauera mechernichensis is a bacterium from the genus of thauera which was isolated from a landfill leachate treatment plant. thauera mechernichensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: rhodocyclales family: rhodocyclaceae genus: thauera species: t. mechernichensis binomial name thauera mechernichensisscholten et al. 1999 type strain atcc 700857, ccug 48884, cip 106978, dsm 12266, tl1