thalassotalea litorea thalassotalea litorea thalassotalea litorea is a bacterium from the genus of thalassotalea which has been isolated from seashore sand from the south sea in korea. thalassotalea litorea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: colwelliaceae genus: thalassotalea species: t. litorea binomial name thalassotalea litoreakang et al. 2017 type strain kctc 52154, 112672, hmf4135