Tenacibaculum skagerrakense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
Class: | Flavobacteria |
Order: | Flavobacteriales |
Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Tenacibaculum |
Species: | T. skagerrakense |
Binomial name | |
Tenacibaculum skagerrakense Frette et al., 2004 |
Tenacibaculum skagerrakense is a bacterium. It is named after Skagerrak, Denmark, where it was first isolated. Its type strain is D30T (=ATCC BAA-458T =DSM 14836T).
It is Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive. Cells are rods (0.5–15 micrometres in length) during exponential growth; spherical cells occur in stationary phase. Colonies are bright yellow and flexirubin-type pigment is absent.