pseudoflavitalea soli pseudoflavitalea soli pseudoflavitalea soli is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and mesophilic bacterium which was initially isolated from soil from the baengnyeong island in korea. the species was initially classified as flavitalea soli when it was first described in 2016, was reclassified later that year into the novel genus pseudoflavitalea. pseudoflavitalea soli scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: pseudoflavitalea species: p. soli binomial name pseudoflavitalea solikim et al. 2016 type strain kis20-3, jcm 19937, kacc 17319 synonyms flavitalea soli