leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensis leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensis leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensis is a gram-negative, heterotrophic, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterium from the genus of leeuwenhoekiella which has been isolated from deep-sea water from the south china sea. leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: leeuwenhoekiella species: l. nanhaiensis binomial name leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensisliu et al. 2016 type strain cctcc ab 2015204, kctc 42729, g18