What is "aestuariibacter"

Aestuariibacter is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria ( Bacteria), composed of four species, namely A. aggregatus, A. halophilus, A. litoralis and the type species A. salexigens. These are strictly aerobic marine rod-shaped bacteria. They share many traits with the sister genus Alteromonas, the type genus of the family ( Alteromonadaceae) and order ( Alteromonadales).