aeromonas popoffii aeromonas popoffii aeromonas popoffii is a gram-negative bacterium of the genus aeromonas isolated from drinking water production plants and reservoirs in oelegem, belgium, and in scotland. aeromonas popoffii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: aeromonadales family: aeromonadaceae genus: aeromonas species: a. popoffii binomial name aeromonas popoffiihuys et al. 1997 type strain atcc baa-243, bcrc 17452, ccm 4708, ccrc 17452, ccug 39350, cect 5176, cip 105493, dsm 19604, ik-o-a-10-3, lmg 17541, ncimb 13618