flavobacterium arcticum flavobacterium arcticum flavobacterium arcticum is a gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from seawater from the arctic. flavobacterium arcticum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. arcticum binomial name flavobacterium arcticumli et al. 2017 type strain sm1502t