pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae is a gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of pseudoflavitalea which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of a tomato plant from buyeo-gun in korea. pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: pseudoflavitalea species: p. rhizosphaerae binomial name pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaeraekim et al. 2016 type strain kacc 18655, nbrc 111880, t16r-265