flavobacterium chilense flavobacterium chilense flavobacterium chilense is a gram-negative and non-endospore-forming bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from an external lesion from a rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) from a fish farm in chile. flavobacterium chilense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. chilense binomial name flavobacterium chilensekämpfer et al. 2012 type strain ccm 7940, lm-09-fp, lmg 26360