thalassotalea montiporae thalassotalea montiporae thalassotalea montiporae is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of thalassotalea with a single polar flagellum which has been isolated from the coral montipora aequituberculata from the coast of taiwan. thalassotalea montiporae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: colwelliaceae genus: thalassotalea species: t. montiporae binomial name thalassotalea montiporaechen et al. 2016 type strain bcrc 17940, lmg 24827, cl-22