thalassotalea profundi thalassotalea profundi thalassotalea profundi is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of thalassotalea which has been isolated from a scleractinian coral from the yap seamounts from the pacific ocean. thalassotalea profundi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: colwelliaceae genus: thalassotalea species: t. profundi binomial name thalassotalea profundiliu et al. 2017 type strain cgmcc 1.15922, kacc 18563