flavobacterium arsenatis flavobacterium arsenatis flavobacterium arsenatis is an arsenic-resistant, gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from high-arsenic sediments from jianghan plain in china. flavobacterium arsenatis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. arsenatis binomial name flavobacterium arsenatisao et al. 2014 type strain cctcc ab 2013048, kctc 32397, strain z