hymenobacter rufus hymenobacter rufus hymenobacter rufus is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of hymenobacter which has been isolated from soil from jeollabuk-do in korea. hymenobacter rufus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: hymenobacter species: h. rufus binomial name hymenobacter rufusohn et al. 2018 type strain jcm 32196, tc 52736, strain s1-2-2-6