microbulbifer microbulbifer microbulbifer is a genus of bacteria found in high-salt environments. members of this genus can degrade complex carbohydrates such as cellulose, alginate, and chitin. recently, microbulbifer degredans was renamed saccharophagus degredans. microbulbifer scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: alteromonadaceae genus: microbulbifergonzález et al. 1997 type species microbulbifer hydrolyticus species m. aestuariivivens m. agarilyticus m. celer m. chitinlyticus m. elongatus m. echini m. elongatus m. epialgicus m. gwangyangensis m. halophilus m. hydrolyticus m. mangrovi m. marinus m. maritimus m. okinawensis m. pacificus m. rhizosphaerae m. salipaludis m. taiwanensis m. thermotolerans m. varibilis m. yueqingensis etymology microbulbifer (mi.cro. bul’bi.fer. gr. adj. micro, small; l. m. n. bulbus, onion, bulb; l. suff. -fer, carrying, bearing; l. m. n. microbulbifer, small bearer of bulbs).