tepidimonas taiwanensis tepidimonas taiwanensis tepidimonas taiwanensis is a gram-negative, motile bacterium with a single polar flagellum from the genus tepidimonas, which was isolated from a hot spring in the pingtung area in southern taiwan. tepidimonas taiwanensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: tepidimonas species: t. taiwanensis binomial name tepidimonas taiwanensischen et al. 2006 type strain bcrc 17406, ccrc 17406, lmg 22826