rhodoglobus aureus rhodoglobus aureus rhodoglobus aureus is a gram-positive and psychrophilic bacterium from the genus rhodoglobus which has been isolated from a pond from wright valley in the antarctica. rhodoglobus aureus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: rhodoglobus species: r. aureus binomial name rhodoglobus aureus(reddy et al. 2003) an et al. 2011 type strain cip 107785dsm 15303jcm 12762mtcc 4657cms 81y synonyms leifsonia aurea reddy et al. 2003