olivibacter sitiensis olivibacter sitiensis olivibacter sitiensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of olivibacter that has been isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes on sitia on crete. olivibacter sitiensis has the ability to degrade diphenol. olivibacter sitiensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: olivibacter species: o. sitiensis binomial name olivibacter sitiensisntougias et al. 2007 type strain aw-6, cect 7133, cip 109529, dsm 17696