thalassotalea atypica thalassotalea atypica thalassotalea atypica is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of thalassotalea which has been isolated from seawater from rizhao in china. thalassotalea atypica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: colwelliaceae genus: thalassotalea species: t. atypica binomial name thalassotalea atypicawang et al. 2018 type strain jcm 31894, kctc 52745, mccc 1k03276