parafilimonas parafilimonas parafilimonas is a genus of bacteria from the family of chitinophagaceae. parafilimonas scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: parafilimonaskim et al. 2014 type species parafilimonas terrae species p. rhizosphaerae p. terrae