klugiella xanthotipulae klugiella xanthotipulae klugiella xanthotipulae is a species of bacteria from the family microbacteriaceae which has been isolated from a larva of the insect tipula abdominalis from michigan in the united states. klugiella xanthotipulae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: klugiellacook et al. 2008 species: k. xanthotipulae binomial name klugiella xanthotipulaecook et al. 2008 type strain 44c3atcc baa-1524dsm 18031jcm 16542 the genus, klugiella, is named after the american microbiologist michael j. klug.