tenacibaculum skagerrakense tenacibaculum skagerrakense 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). tenacibaculum skagerrakense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. skagerrakense binomial name tenacibaculum skagerrakensefrette et al., 2004 description 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.