thalassolituus marinus thalassolituus marinus thalassolituus marinus is a gram negative, rod shaped, motile, hydrocarbon utilizing marine bacterium. choi and cho (2013) isolated thalassolituus marinus from a surface seawater sample of the yellow sea. s.i. paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized thalassolituus marinus from marine sponge (cliona carteri) of the saint martin's island of the bay of bengal, bangladesh. the type strain of thalassolituus marinus is imcc1826t (=kctc 23084t = nbrc 107590t). thalassolituus marinus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: oceanospirillaceae genus: thalassolituus species: t. marinus binomial name thalassolituus marinuschoi and cho 2013