chitinophaga alhagiae chitinophaga alhagiae chitinophaga alhagiae is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of chitinophaga which has been isolated from rhizospheric soil from the plant alhagi sparsifolia from xinjiang in china. chitinophaga alhagiae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: chitinophaga species: c. alhagiae binomial name chitinophaga alhagiaezou et al. 2019 type strain t22