afifella marina afifella marina afifella marina is a phototrophic bacterial species of the genus afifella. afifella marina scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: afifellaceae genus: afifella species: a. marina binomial name afifella marina(imhoff 1984) urdiain et al. 2009 type strain atcc 35675, bcrc 16414, bn126, ccrc 16414, cip 104405, dsm 2698, imhoff bn 126, nbrc 100434, ncimb 2201 synonyms rhodobium marinum (imhoff 1984) hiraishi et al. 1995 rhodopseudomonas marina imhoff 1984