colwellia mytili colwellia mytili colwellia mytili is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of colwellia which has been isolated from the mussel mytilus edulis from the south sea in korea. colwellia mytili scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: colwelliaceae genus: colwellia species: c. mytili binomial name colwellia mytilikim et al. 2017 type strain kctc 52417, nbrc 112381, strain ra2-7