Tritonibacter

Tritonibacter is a Gram-negative, heterotrophic and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae with one known species (Tritonibacter horizontis).^[1][2][3][4] Tritonibacter horizontis has been isolated from oil contaminated water from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.^[4][5]

Tritonibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodobacterales
Family:	Rhodobacteraceae
Genus:	Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018[1]
Type species
Tritonibacter horizontis[1]
Species
T. horizontis[1]