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Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Vibrionales => Vibrionaceae => Vibrio => Vibrio mediterranei Pujalte and Garay 1986.
Vibrio mediterranei is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Vibrio shilonii corrig. Kushmaro et al. 2001(According to Thompson et al. 2001).
Vibrio mediterranei is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Vibrio shilonii corrig. Kushmaro et al. 2001(According to Thompson et al. 2001).
Gram negative rods, 1 - 2 x 0.5 µm, motile by a polar flagelum when grown on liquid
medium. No lateral flagella on solid media.
medium. No lateral flagella on solid media.
Colonies on marine agar are circular, translucent, and not pigmented. Do not swarm.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 1% NaCl & 6% NaCl. Variable growth in 8% NaCl. No
growth in 0% NaCl, 10% NaCl & 12% NaCl.
Can grow at pH 10. Optimal growth at 30 -35 °C. No growth at 4 °C or 40 °C.
Facultative anaerobe.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 1% NaCl & 6% NaCl. Variable growth in 8% NaCl. No
growth in 0% NaCl, 10% NaCl & 12% NaCl.
Can grow at pH 10. Optimal growth at 30 -35 °C. No growth at 4 °C or 40 °C.
Facultative anaerobe.
Isolated from plankton, sediments, and seawater off the coast of Spain. V. shilonii was isolated from the coral Oculina patagonica.
Susceptible to O129 vibriostatic agent.
Susceptible to O129 vibriostatic agent.
Vibrio shilonii is the causative agent of bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica.
- 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. - WY Shieh, AL Chen, and HH Chiu: Vibrio aerogenes sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic marine bacterium that ferments glucose
with gas production. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, Jan 2000; 50: 321 - 329. - Pujalte, Maria-Jesus, Garay, Esperanza. Proposal of Vibrio mediterranei sp. nov.: A New Marine Member of the Genus Vibrio.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986 36: 278-281. - Vibrio shiloi (sic) sp. nov., the causative agent of bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001 51:
1383-1388.
Positive results for: oxidase, indole production (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl), esculin
hydrolysis, nitrate reduction to nitrite, lipase, acid production from D-glucose, maltose,
cellobiose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, D-galactose, D-mannitol & D-mannose.
Negative results for: urea hydrolysis, ornithine (1% NaCl), gelatin hydrolysis (1% NaCl, 22 °C), gas production from D-glucose, acid
production from D-adonitol, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, dulcitol, myo-inositol, lactose, raffinose, L-rhamnose, salicin & D-xylose.
Variable results for arginine (1% NaCl), lysine (1%NaCl) & melibiose.
hydrolysis, nitrate reduction to nitrite, lipase, acid production from D-glucose, maltose,
cellobiose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, D-galactose, D-mannitol & D-mannose.
Negative results for: urea hydrolysis, ornithine (1% NaCl), gelatin hydrolysis (1% NaCl, 22 °C), gas production from D-glucose, acid
production from D-adonitol, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, dulcitol, myo-inositol, lactose, raffinose, L-rhamnose, salicin & D-xylose.
Variable results for arginine (1% NaCl), lysine (1%NaCl) & melibiose.
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