thermoflavifilum thermoflavifilum thermoflavifilum is a strictly aerobic, moderately acidophilic and non-spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of chitinophagaceae with one known species (thermoflavifilum aggregans). thermoflavifilum aggregans has been isolated from soil from the waikite valley thermal pools in new zealand. thermoflavifilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: thermoflavifilumanders et al. 2014 type species thermoflavifilum aggregans species t. aggregans anders et al. 2014 t. thermophilum (hanada et al. 2014) garcía-lópez et al. 2020 synonyms crenotalea hanada et al. 2014