''Sneathiella'' is a

halotolerant Halotolerance is the adaptation of living organisms to conditions of high salinity. Halotolerant species tend to live in areas such as hypersaline lakes, coastal dunes, saline deserts, salt marshes, and inland salt seas and springs. Halophiles are ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

and

chemoheterotrophic A chemotroph is an organism that obtains energy by the redox, oxidation of electron donors in their environments. These molecules can be organic molecule, organic (chemoorganotrophs) or inorganic compound, inorganic (chemolithotrophs). The chemotr ...

genus of bacteria from the family of Sneathiellaceae. ''Sneathiella'' is named after the British microbiologist Peter H. A. Sneat.

References

Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria genera Taxa described in 2007 {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub