thiophaeococcus mangrovi thiophaeococcus mangrovi thiophaeococcus mangrovi is a gram-negative bacterium from the genus of thiophaeococcus which has been isolated from mud from the bhitarkanika mangrove forest from orissa in india. thiophaeococcus mangrovi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: thiophaeococcus species: t. mangrovi binomial name thiophaeococcus mangrovianil kumar et al. 2008 type strain dsm 19863, jcm 14889, strain ja304 synonyms neothiorhodococcus bhitarkanikensis