Spongiibacter tropicus Hwang & Cho, 2009 Dataset TAXREF Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Bacteria phylum Proteobacteria class Gammaproteobacteria order Cellvibrionales family Spongiibacteraceae genus Spongiibacter species Spongiibacter tropicus Name Homonyms Spongiibacter tropicus Hwang & Cho, 2009