aurantimonadaceae aurantimonadaceae the aurantimonadaceae are a small family of marine bacteria. aurantimonadaceae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: aurantimonadaceaehördt et al. 2020 genera aurantimonas denner et al. 2003 aureimonas rathsack et al. 2011 consotaella díaz-cárdenas et al. 2017 fulvimarina cho and giovannoni 2003 jiella liang et al. 2015 mangrovicella li et al. 2018 synonyms "aurantimonadaceae" denner et al. 2003 notable species aurantimonas coralicida causes a white plague in corals. fulvimarina pelagi was isolated from seawater, and takes the form of nonmotile rods. fulvimarina pelagi is an obligate aerobe, and obtains its nourishment chemoheterotrophically. it tests positive for oxidase and catalase, and contains carotenoid pigments, possibly to protect against solar radiation. etymology the name aurantimonas derives from: neo-latin aurantus, orange-coloured; greek monas (μονάς), a unit; to mean an orange-coloured unicellular organism. members of the genus aurantimonas can be referred to as aurantimonads (viz. trivialisation of names). phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn). the phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis. aurantimonadaceae aureimonas mangrovicella consotaella fulvimarina jiella aurantimonas outgroup devosiaceae