niveitalea niveitalea niveitalea is a gram-negative, and strictly aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of chitinophagaceae with one known species (niveitalea solisilvae). niveitalea solisilvae has been isolated from forest soil from the jeju island in korea. niveitalea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: niveitaleahyeon et al. 2017 type species niveitalea solisilvae species n. solisilvae