aquimarina macrocephali aquimarina macrocephali aquimarina macrocephali is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of aquimarina which has been isolated from sediments near a whale carcasses near kagoshima on japan. aquimarina macrocephali scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: aquimarina species: a. macrocephali binomial name aquimarina macrocephalimiyazaki et al. 2010 type strain jamb n27, jcm 15542, ncimb 14508