microvirga flocculans microvirga flocculans microvirga flocculans is a bacterium from the genus of microvirga which has been isolated from water from a hot spring in the gunma prefecture in japan. microvirga flocculans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: microvirga species: m. flocculans binomial name microvirga flocculansweon et al. 2010 type strain atcc baa-817, cip 108443, iam 15034, jcm 11936, kctc 12101, lmg 25472, tfb synonyms balneimonas flocculans, balneomonas flocculans