muricauda flavescens muricauda flavescens muricauda flavescens is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming and slightly halophilic bacterium from the genus of muricauda which has been isolated from a salt lake near the beach of hwajinpo in korea. muricauda flavescens scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: muricauda species: m. flavescens binomial name muricauda flavescensyoon et al. 2005 type strain jcm 11812, kccm 41645, sw-62