antarcticimonas antarcticimonas antarcticimonas is a gram-negative, obligately aerobic and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of flavobacteriaceae with one known species (antarcticimonas flava). antarcticimonas flava has been isolated from seawater from the coast of the antarctic. antarcticimonas scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteria order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: antarcticimonasyang et al. 2014 type species antarcticimonas flava species a. flava