mucilaginibacter litoreus mucilaginibacter litoreus mucilaginibacter litoreus is a gram-negative, facultatively aerobic, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of mucilaginibacter which has been isolated from marine sand from the western coast of korea. mucilaginibacter litoreus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: mucilaginibacter species: m. litoreus binomial name mucilaginibacter litoreusyoon et al. 2012 type strain ccug 61484, kctc 23697, br-18