Tenacibaculum maritimum (CIP 103529, ATCC 43397, NCIMB 2153)

Name: Tenacibaculum maritimum (CIP 103529, ATCC 43397, NCIMB 2153)
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BacDive ID 135276

Type strain

Strain Designation B2

Culture col. no. CIP 103529 ATCC 43397 NCIMB 2153 JCM 8137 CCM 3965 5 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 107401

Special Collections JCM CIP

History JCM <-- NCIMB 2153 <-- H. Wakabayashi B-2. CIP <- 1996, NCIMB <- H. Wakabayashi, Tokyo Univ., Tokyo, Japan: strain B2

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Tenacibaculum maritimum B2 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 9856

LMG 10398,ATCC 43397,CIP 103529,IAM 14118,LMG 11611,NCIMB 2153,NCMB 2153,JCM 8137,CCM 3965,IFO 16015,CECT 4276,NBRC 16015

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:31

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Tenacibaculum

Species Tenacibaculum maritimum

Full scientific name Tenacibaculum maritimum (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Suzuki et al. 2001

Synonyms (2)

Cytophaga marina
Flexibacter maritimus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Tenacibaculum maritimum** (2)	Type strain
5651	T. maritimum R-2, R2, DSM 17995, ATCC 43398, IAM 14317, ... (type strain)
135277	T. maritimum CIP 103530, NCIMB 2158

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
34343	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
34343	MEDIUM 35 - for Flexibacter maritimus		Distilled water make up to (300.000 ml);Agar (10.000 g);Yeast extract (0.500 g);Sodium acetate (0.200 g);Tryptone (0.500 g);Beef extract (0.200 g);Synthetic sea solution - M0216 (700.000 ml)
34343	CIP Medium 35			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
34343	positive	growth	22
34343	positive	growth	5-30
34343	negative	growth	41
34343	negative	growth	45
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
34343	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
34343	NaCl		growth	2 %
34343	NaCl		growth	4 %
34343	NaCl		growth	6 %
34343	NaCl		growth	8 %
34343	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
34343	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
34343	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
34343	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
34343	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
34343	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
34343	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
34343	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
34343	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
34343	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
34343	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
34343	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
34343	gelatinase	+
34343	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
34343	lipase	+
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
34343	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
34343	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
34343	oxidase	-
34343	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
34343	protease	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
34343	tryptophan deaminase	-
34343	tween esterase	-
34343	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
34343	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
34343	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
34343			Hiroshima	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)	Acanthopagrus schlegeli	Hiroshima	Japan	JPN	Asia
34343	Animal, Diseased black sea bream, kidney		Hiroshima	Japan	JPN	Asia	1976

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC379103 (>99% sequence identity) for Tenacibaculum maritimum subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2026
Soil Samples	241
Animal Samples	748
Plant Samples	7
Total Samples	3022

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
34343	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
67770	Tenacibaculum maritimum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8137	D12667	1256	107401
67770	Tenacibaculum maritimum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8137	LC379103	1442	107401
124043	Tenacibaculum maritimum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 16015.	AB681030	1445	107401

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	31.3-32.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Antigenic characterization of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum.	Crump EM, Perry MB, Clouthier SC, Kay WW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.67.2.750-759.2001	2001
	Fluid dynamics and cell-bound Psl polysaccharide allows microplastic capture, aggregation and subsequent sedimentation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water.	Romero M, Carabelli A, R Swift M, I Smith M.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.15916	2022
Pathogenicity	Recommendation of an appropriate medium for in vitro drug susceptibility testing of the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum.	Avendano-Herrera R, Irgang R, Nunez S, Romalde JL, Toranzo AE.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.49.1.82-87.2005	2005
	Advancements in Characterizing Tenacibaculum Infections in Canada.	Nowlan JP, Lumsden JS, Russell S.	Pathogens	10.3390/pathogens9121029	2020
Phylogeny	Multilocus sequence analysis of the marine bacterial genus Tenacibaculum suggests parallel evolution of fish pathogenicity and endemic colonization of aquaculture systems.	Habib C, Houel A, Lunazzi A, Bernardet JF, Olsen AB, Nilsen H, Toranzo AE, Castro N, Nicolas P, Duchaud E.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01177-14	2014
Enzymology	Genetic diversity of the biofilm covering Montacuta ferruginosa (Mollusca, bivalvia) as evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and cloning of PCR-amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rRNA.	Gillan DC, Speksnijder AG, Zwart G, De Ridder C.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.9.3464-3472.1998	1998
Cultivation	Optimizing Extracellular Products from Vibrio proteolyticus for Their Use as Postbiotics in Aquaculture.	Garcia-Marquez J, Dominguez-Maqueda M, Perez-Gomez O, Cerezo IM, Espinosa-Ruiz C, Esteban MA, Vallejo F, Alarcon-Lopez FJ, Martinez-Manzanares E, Tapia-Paniagua ST, Balebona MC, Morinigo MA, Arijo S.	Mar Biotechnol (NY)	10.1007/s10126-025-10500-6	2025
	Biofilm development and cell viability: An undervalued mechanism in the persistence of the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum	Levipan HA, Tapia-Cammas D, Molina V, Irgang R, Toranzo AE, Magarinos B, Avendano-Herrera R.	Aquaculture		2019
	Microalgal and Cyanobacterial Biomasses Modified the Activity of Extracellular Products from Bacillus pumilus: An In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment.	Garcia-Marquez J, Diaz AG, Molina-Roque L, Dominguez-Maqueda M, de Las Heras V, Simo-Mirabet P, Vizcaino AJ, Martos-Sitcha JA, Alarcon-Lopez FJ, Morinigo MA, Balebona MC.	Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins	10.1007/s12602-024-10350-z	2025
	Advancements in rapid diagnostics and genotyping of Piscirickettsia salmonis using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification.	Isla A, Aguilar M, Flores-Martin SN, Barrientos CA, Soto-Rauch G, Mancilla-Schulz J, Almendras F, Figueroa J, Yanez AJ.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1392808	2024
	Antibacterial and Antiparasitic Activity of Propyl-Propane-Thiosulfinate (PTS) and Propyl-Propane-Thiosulfonate (PTSO) from Allium cepa against Gilthead Sea Bream Pathogens in In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.	Cabello-Gomez JF, Aguinaga-Casanas MA, Falcon-Pineiro A, Gonzalez-Gragera E, Marquez-Martin R, Agraso MDM, Bermudez L, Banos A, Martinez-Bueno M.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules27206900	2022
	Microalgae and cyanobacteria as microbial substrate and their influence on the potential postbiotic capability of a bacterial probiotic.	Dominguez-Maqueda M, Perez-Gomez O, Garcia-Marquez J, Espinosa-Ruiz C, Cuesta A, Esteban MA, Alarcon-Lopez FJ, Cardenas C, Tapia-Paniagua ST, Balebona MC, Morinigo MA.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.70046	2024
	Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Bioactive Potential of Two New Haloarchaeal Strains Isolated from Odiel Salterns (Southwest Spain).	Gomez-Villegas P, Vigara J, Vila M, Varela J, Barreira L, Leon R.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology9090298	2020
	Three new O-isocrotonyl-3-hydroxybutyric acid congeners produced by a sea anemone-derived marine bacterium of the genus Vibrio.	Li D, Harunari E, Zhou T, Oku N, Igarashi Y	Beilstein J Org Chem	10.3762/bjoc.16.154	2020

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#34343	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103529
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Tenacibaculum maritimum (CIP 103529, ATCC 43397, NCIMB 2153)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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