hydrotalea flava hydrotalea flava hydrotalea flava is a bacterium from the genus of hydrotalea which has been isolated from industry distilled water from sweden. hydrotalea flava scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: hydrotalea species: h. flava binomial name hydrotalea flavakämpfer et al. 2011 type strain ccm 7760, ccug 51397, ccug 53736, ccug 53920