knoellia aerolata knoellia aerolata knoellia aerolata is a species of gram positive, nonmotile, non-sporeforming bacteria. the bacteria are aerobic and mesophilic, and the cells can be irregular rods or coccoid. it was originally isolated from an air sample from suwon city, south korea. the species name is derived from latin aer (air) and latus (carried). knoellia aerolata scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: intrasporangiaceae genus: knoellia species: k. aerolata binomial name knoellia aerolataweon et al. 2007 the optimum growth temperature for k. aerolata is 30 °c and can grow in the 5-35 °c range. the optimum ph is 6.0-7.0, and can grow in ph 5.0-9.0.