taibaiella smilacinae taibaiella smilacinae taibaiella smilacinae is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of taibaiella which has been isolated from the stem of the plant smilacina japonica from shaanxi in china. taibaiella smilacinae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: taibaiella species: t. smilacinae binomial name taibaiella smilacinaezhang et al. 2013 type strain cctcc ab 2013017, kctc 32316, ptjt-5