marinococcus luteus marinococcus luteus marinococcus luteus is a gram-positive, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of marinococcus which has been isolated from the barkol lake in xinjiang in china. marinococcus luteus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: marinococcus species: m. luteus binomial name marinococcus luteuswang et al. 2009 type strain cctcc aa 208014, kctc 13214, yim 91094