patiriisocius marinistellae patiriisocius marinistellae patiriisocius marinistellae is a gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of patiriisocius which has been isolated from the surface of the starfish patiria pectinifera from the coast of hokkaido. patiriisocius marinistellae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: patiriisocius species: p. marinistellae binomial name patiriisocius marinistellaekawano et al. 2020 type strain kk4