pelagicola litoralis pelagicola litoralis pelagicola litoralis is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of pelagicola which has been isolated from coastal water from the sea of japan (east sea) from korea. pelagicola litoralis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: pelagicola species: p. litoralis binomial name pelagicola litoraliskim et al. 2008 type strain cl-es2, dsm 18290, kccm 42274