flavobacterium degerlachei flavobacterium degerlachei flavobacterium degerlachei is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and psychrophilic bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from microbial mat from the lake ace in the antarctica. flavobacterium degerlachei scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. degerlachei binomial name flavobacterium degerlacheivan trappen et al. 2004 type strain ac 23, cip 108386, dsm 15718, lmg 21915, nbrc 102677, r-9106