aequorivita viscosa aequorivita viscosa aequorivita viscosa is a gram-negative, short rod-shaped, aerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of aequorivita which has been isolated from seaweed from the intertidal zone from the east china sea near zhoushan in china. aequorivita viscosa scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: aequorivita species: a. viscosa binomial name aequorivita viscosaliu et al. 2013 type strain cgmcc 1.11023, dsm 26349, jcm 18497, 8-1b