kordia antarctica kordia antarctica kordia antarctica is a gram-negative, chemoheterotrophic, facultatively anaerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus kordia which has been isolated from seawater from the antarctic. kordia antarctica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: kordia species: k. antarctica binomial name kordia antarcticabaek et al. 2013 type strain imcc3317