filimonas zeae filimonas zeae filimonas zeae is a gram-negative, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of filimonas which has been isolated from the roots of a maize-plant from the beijing in china. filimonas zeae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: filimonas species: f. zeae binomial name filimonas zeaegao et al. 2016 type strain cgmcc 1.15290, dsm 100760, strain 772