tenacibaculum aiptasiae tenacibaculum aiptasiae tenacibaculum aiptasiae is a gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of tenacibaculum which has been isolated from the sea anemone (aiptasia pulchella). tenacibaculum aiptasiae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: tenacibaculum species: t. aiptasiae binomial name tenacibaculum aiptasiaewang et al. 2008 type strain a4, bcrc 17655, ccrc 17655, lmg 24004