pseudomonas aureofaciens pseudomonas aureofaciens pseudomonas aureofaciens is a yellowish, aerobic, gram-negative, motile, polar-flagellated, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from clay near the river maas. based on 16s rrna analysis, p. aureofaciens has been placed in the p. chlororaphis group. pseudomonas aureofaciens scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: pseudomonadales family: pseudomonadaceae genus: pseudomonas species: p. aureofaciens binomial name pseudomonas aureofacienskluyver 1956 type strain atcc 13985 cfbp 2133 lmg 1245 synonyms pseudomonas polychromogenes kluyver 1956