thalassolituus oleivorans thalassolituus oleivorans thalassolituus oleivorans is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. it is an aerobic, heterotrophic, gram-negative, curved bacteria that metabolises aliphatic hydrocarbons, their oxidized derivatives and acetate, with type strain mil-1t (=dsm 14913t =lmg 21420t). thalassolituus oleivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: oceanospirillaceae genus: thalassolituus species: thalassolituus oleivoransyakimov et al. 2004