imtechella imtechella imtechella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of flavobacteriaceae with one known species (imtechella halotolerans). imtechella scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteria order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: imtechellasurendra et al. 2012 type species imtechella halotolerans species i. halotolerans