flavicella marina flavicella marina flavicella marina is a gram-negative, mesophilic, rod-shaped, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of flavicella which has been isolated from surface seawater near muroto, japan. flavicella marina produces carotenoid. flavicella marina scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavicella species: f. marina binomial name flavicella marinateramoto and nishijima 2015 type strain 2a-7