formosa maritima formosa maritima formosa maritima is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus formosa which has been isolated from sediments from the coast of weihai in china. formosa maritima scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: formosa species: f. maritima binomial name formosa maritimacao et al. 2020 type strain 1494