flavobacterium cutihirudinis flavobacterium cutihirudinis flavobacterium cutihirudinis is a gram-negative bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from the skin of a leech hirudo verbana from biebertal in germany. flavobacterium cutihirudinis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. cutihirudinis binomial name flavobacterium cutihirudinisglaeser et al. 2013 type strain cip 110374, cip 110384, dsm 25795, e89 t, lmg 26922