lutibacter flavus lutibacter flavus lutibacter flavus is a gram-negative, obligately aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of lutibacter which has been isolated from tidal flat sediments from the yellow sea in korea. lutibacter flavus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: lutibacter species: l. flavus binomial name lutibacter flavuschoi et al. 2013 type strain imcc1507