flavitalea populi flavitalea populi flavitalea populi is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of flavitalea which has been isolated from soil from the plant populus euphratica from a forest in xinjiang in china. flavitalea populi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: flavitalea species: f. populi binomial name flavitalea populiwang et al. 2011 type strain cctcc ab 208255, hy-50r, nrrl b-59222 synonyms flavisolibacter populi