croceitalea croceitalea croceitalea is a genus in the phylum bacteroidota (bacteria). croceitalea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: croceitalea type species c. eckloniae etymology the name croceitalea derives from:latin adjective croceus, saffron-coloured, yellow, golden; latin feminine gender noun talea, a slender staff, rod, stick; neo-latin feminine gender noun croceitalea, a rod forming yellow-orange colonies. species the genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely c. dokdonensis ( lee et al. 2008, (type species of the genus).; neo-latin feminine gender adjective dokdonensis, pertaining to dokdo, the korean island from where the type strain was isolated.) c. eckloniae ( lee et al. 2008, (type species of the genus).; neo-latin feminine gender noun ecklonia, scientific genus name of a marine alga; neo-latin genitive case noun eckloniae, of ecklonia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from ecklonia kurome.) c. litorea (kim et al. 2015) c. marina (su et al. 2017)