tenacibaculum holothuriorum tenacibaculum holothuriorum tenacibaculum holothuriorum is a gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of tenacibaculum which has been isolated from the sea cucumber apostichopus japonicus from xiapu in china. tenacibaculum holothuriorum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. holothuriorum binomial name tenacibaculum holothuriorumwang et al. 2015 type strain bccm/lmg:27758, lmg 27758, mccc 1a09872