tenacibaculum litopenaei tenacibaculum litopenaei tenacibaculum litopenaei is a gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of tenacibaculum which has been isolated from a shrimp mariculture pond from taiwan. tenacibaculum litopenaei scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. litopenaei binomial name tenacibaculum litopenaeisheu et al. 2007 type strain b-i, bcrc 17590, ccrc 17590, lmg 23706