lacibacter cauensis lacibacter cauensis lacibacter cauensis is a gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of lacibacter which has been isolated from sediments from the taihu lake in china. lacibacter cauensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: lacibacter species: l. cauensis binomial name lacibacter cauensisqu et al. 2009 type strain cgmcc 1.7271, nbrc 104930, strain nj-8