tenacibaculum haliotis tenacibaculum haliotis tenacibaculum haliotis is a bacterium from the genus of tenacibaculum which has been isolated from the gut of an abalone (haliotis discus hannai) from the sea near jeju island in korea. tenacibaculum haliotis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. haliotis binomial name tenacibaculum haliotiskim et al. 2017 type strain kctc 52419, nbrc 112382