tenacibaculum maritimum tenacibaculum maritimum tenacibaculum maritimum is a bacterium from the genus of tenacibaculum. tenacibaculum maritimum can cause skin infections in marine fish. the disease caused by tenacibaculum maritimum is called tenacibaculosis. tenacibaculum maritimum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. maritimum binomial name tenacibaculum maritimum(hikida et al. 1979) yoon et al. 2005 type strain cip 12302, dsm 16505, kctc 12302, tf-26 synonyms flexibacter marinus cytophaga marina