flavobacterium faecale flavobacterium faecale flavobacterium faecale is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus of flavobacterium which has been isolated from the faeces of antarctic penguins. flavobacterium faecale scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: flavobacterium species: f. faecale binomial name flavobacterium faecalekim et al. 2014 type strain cect 8384, kctc 32457, wv33 synonyms flavobacterium faecalis