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Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Vibrionales => Vibrionaceae => Vibrio =>Vibrio furnissii Brenner, Hickman-Brenner, Lee,
Steigerwalt, Fanning, Hollis, Farmer, Weaver, Joseph and Seidler 1984.
Historical synonyms: Vibrio fluvialis biogroup II.
Steigerwalt, Fanning, Hollis, Farmer, Weaver, Joseph and Seidler 1984.
Historical synonyms: Vibrio fluvialis biogroup II.
Gram negative, straight or curved rods, motile. Sometimes may produce lateral
flagella on solid media. No swarming on complex media.
flagella on solid media. No swarming on complex media.
Produce yellow colonies on TCBS agar (ferment sucrose).
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 1% NaCl, 6% NaCl, 8% NaCl & 10% NaCl. No
growth in 0% or 12% NaCl.
Grow at 30 -40 °C. No growth at 4 °C.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 1% NaCl, 6% NaCl, 8% NaCl & 10% NaCl. No
growth in 0% or 12% NaCl.
Grow at 30 -40 °C. No growth at 4 °C.
Isolated from natural waters (estuaries) and animals that lives there; occasional from human and animal feces (pig and rabbit feces).
The role of V. furnissii as the actual cause of the diarrhea was only speculative.
- J.J. Farmer, M. Janda, 2004.Family I. Vibrionaceae . In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second edition,Vol two,
part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp. 491-546. - J. G. Holt et al., 1994. Begey’s manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th-edition, Williams & Wilkins.
- Judith A. Johnson, 2006. Vibrio. In: Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10 edition, Vol. 2, Bacteriology,
Edward Arnold Ltd., 1507-1523. - D.J.Brenner, F.W.Hickman-Brenner, J.V.Lee, A.G.Steigerwalt, G.R.Fanning, D.G.Hollis, J.J.Farmer III, R.E.Weaver, S.W.Joseph
& R.J.Seidler, 1983. Vibrio furnissii (formerly Aerogenic Biogroup of Vibrio fluvialis), a new species isolated from human feces
and the environment. J. Clin. Microb. 18, 4, 816-824.
Positive for methyl red (1% NaCl), citrate utilization (Simmons), gelatin hydrolysis
(1%NaCl, 22°C), nitrate reduction to nitrite, oxidase, lipase, gas from D-glucose,
acid production from D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, D-galactose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, sucrose & trehalose.
Negative for indole production (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl), Voges-Proskauer (1% NaCl), H2S on TSI, urea hydrolysis, esculin
hydrolysis, phenylalanine deaminase, ornithine (1% NaCl), lysine (1% NaCl), acid production from D-adonitol, cellobiose,
dulcitol,myo-inositol, lactose, melibiose, raffinose, salicin, D-sorbitol & D-xylose.
Variable for glycerol, L-rhamnose & ONPG test.
(1%NaCl, 22°C), nitrate reduction to nitrite, oxidase, lipase, gas from D-glucose,
acid production from D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, D-galactose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, sucrose & trehalose.
Negative for indole production (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl), Voges-Proskauer (1% NaCl), H2S on TSI, urea hydrolysis, esculin
hydrolysis, phenylalanine deaminase, ornithine (1% NaCl), lysine (1% NaCl), acid production from D-adonitol, cellobiose,
dulcitol,myo-inositol, lactose, melibiose, raffinose, salicin, D-sorbitol & D-xylose.
Variable for glycerol, L-rhamnose & ONPG test.
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