pigmentiphaga litoralis pigmentiphaga litoralis pigmentiphaga litoralis is a gram-negative, oxidase and catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic non-spore-forming, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus pigmentiphaga, which was isolated from a tidal flat sediment in the south china sea in china. colonies of p. litoralis are yellow colored. pigmentiphaga litoralis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: alcaligenaceae genus: pigmentiphaga species: p. litoralis binomial name pigmentiphaga litoralischen et al. 2009 type strain cctcc aa207034, jsm 061001, kctc 22165