食琼脂深海单胞菌是Thalassomonas属的微生物，原产地为中国。模式菌株；革兰氏阴性，不发酵代谢，2216E平板上菌落圆形，灰白色，透明，不发光，能降解琼脂，Gram-negative and non-fermentative; Colonies produced on agar plates are circular， off-white， opaque and non-luminescent and agarolytic; distinct depressions are formed by these colonies in a few days; Cells during late exponential to early stationary phase of growth in broth cultures are non-motile， straight or curved rods that measure approximately 1.4–2.2 by 0.4–0.7 μm.。