mangrovimonas spongiae mangrovimonas spongiae mangrovimonas spongiae is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of mangrovimonas which has been isolated from a marine sponge from the yangpu bay in china. mangrovimonas spongiae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: mangrovimonas species: m. spongiae binomial name mangrovimonas spongiaezhuang et al. 2020 type strain hn-e26