| Tenacibaculum litopenaei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Tenacibaculum |
| Species: | T. litopenaei |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenacibaculum litopenaei Sheu et al. 2007 | |
| Type strain | |
| B-I, BCRC 17590, CCRC 17590, LMG 23706 | |
Tenacibaculum litopenaei is a Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Tenacibaculum which has been isolated from shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farmed in a mariculture pond from southern Taiwan. The species can be cultured on chitin salt agar and marine agar.