rhodoplanes piscinae rhodoplanes piscinae rhodoplanes piscinae is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, phototrophic, non-sulfur bacterium from the genus of rhodoplanes which has been isolated from a freshwater fish pond in mangalore in india. rhodoplanes piscinae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: nitrobacteraceae genus: rhodoplanes species: r. piscinae binomial name rhodoplanes piscinaechakravarthy et al. 2012 type strain ja266, jcm 14934, kctc 5627 synonyms rhodoplanes mangalorensis