endozoicomonas ascidiicola endozoicomonas ascidiicola endozoicomonas ascidiicola is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, chemoorganoheterotrophic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of endozoicomonas which has been isolated from a sea squirts (ascidiella) from gullmarsfjord in sweden. endozoicomonas ascidiicola scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: hahellaceae genus: endozoicomonas species: e. ascidiicola binomial name endozoicomonas ascidiicolaschreiber et al. 2016 type strain dsm 100913, avmart05, kasp37, lmg 29095