arenitalea arenitalea arenitalea is a gram-negative, facultatively aerobic and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of flavobacteriaceae with one known species (arenitalea lutea). arenitalea lutea has been isolated from sand from the yellow sea. arenitalea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteria order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: arenitaleazhang et al. 2013 type species arenitalea lutea species a. lutea