flavobacterium brevivitae flavobacterium brevivitae flavobacterium brevivitae is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from water from the caohu river in taiwan. flavobacterium brevivitae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. brevivitae binomial name flavobacterium brevivitaechen et al. 2016 type strain bcrc 80913, ttm-43, kctc 42744, lmg 29004