chryseobacterium montanum chryseobacterium montanum chryseobacterium montanum is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of chryseobacterium which has been isolated from soil from the tianmen mountain in china. chryseobacterium montanum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: weeksellaceae genus: chryseobacterium species: c. montanum binomial name chryseobacterium montanumguo et al. 2016 type strain cctcc ab 2016058, kctc 52204, wg4