dysgonomonas alginatilytica dysgonomonas alginatilytica dysgonomonas alginatilytica is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus of dysgonomonas which has been isolated from sea sand from hiroshima on japan. dysgonomonas alginatilytica has the ability to degrade alginate. dysgonomonas alginatilytica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: bacteroidia order: bacteroidales family: dysgonomonadaceae genus: dysgonomonas species: d. alginatilytica binomial name dysgonomonas alginatilyticakita et al. 2015 type strain dsm 100214, hut 8134, hua-2 synonyms dysgonomonas alginolyticum