muricauda lutaonensis muricauda lutaonensis muricauda lutaonensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped moderately thermophilic and non-motile bacterium of the genus muricauda which has been isolated from a hot spring on green island off the coast of taiwan. the strain cc-hsb-11 of muricauda lutaonensis produces zeaxanthin. muricauda lutaonensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: muricauda species: m. lutaonensis binomial name muricauda lutaonensisarun et al. 2009 type strain bcrc 17850, cc-hsb-11, kctc 22339