tenacibaculum adriaticum tenacibaculum adriaticum tenacibaculum adriaticum is a bacterium. it is rod-shaped, translucent yellow-pigmented, gram-negative and its type strain is b390t (=dsm 18961t =jcm 14633t). this species is able to hydrolyse aesculin. tenacibaculum adriaticum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. adriaticum binomial name tenacibaculum adriaticumhendl et al., 2008