Some bacterial species of the genus
Tenacibaculum
, including
Tenacibaculum ovolyticum
, have been known as fish pathogens in the sea. So far, the only published genome sequence for this genus is for
Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi
, which could also be a fish pathogen. Strain da5A-8, showing 100% identity to the 16S rRNA gene sequence of
T. ovolyticum
DSM 18103
T
, was isolated from seawater at a depth of 344 m in Kochi, Japan, and grew optimally at 10 to 20°C. The genome sequence of strain da5A-8 revealed the possible virulence genes commonly observed in the genus
Tenacibaculum
.