"D. shibae’s" genome encodes for 27 complete TRAP systems. "D. shibae" was first isolated in 2003 with two strains, both isolated from washed single cells of cultivated marine dinoflagellates ("Prorocentrum lima" and "Alexandrium ostenfeldii"). The genus "Dinoroseobacter" name originates from the Greek dinos meaning whirling rotation and the first part of Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates) from which it was isolated, and "Roseobacter" a bacterial genus with similar traits. Shibae was named after Professor Tsuneo Shiba who discovered the marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.