flavitalea antarctica flavitalea antarctica flavitalea antarctica is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterium from the genus of flavitalea which has been isolated from the fildes peninsula from the antarctica. flavitalea antarctica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: flavitalea species: f. antarctica binomial name flavitalea antarcticawei et al. 2017 type strain cctcc ab 2016109, aq6-291, kctc 52491