Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio,
Vibrio navarrensis Urdaci, Marchand, Ageron, Arcos, Sesma and Grimont 1991.
Gram-negative, straight rods, 1-2 x 0.8-1 µm, motile by a single polar flagellum,
nonspore-forming. No lateral flagella on solid media. Not swarming on complex media.
Colonies on nutrient agar supplemented with 2% NaCl are 2 to 3 mm in diameter
after overnight incubation at 30 ºC, round, opaque, and nonpigmented. Not
luminescent; on TCBS agar are yellow.
Grow in nutrient broth with: 1% NaCl, 6% NaCl & 8% NaCl (variable). No growth in 0%
NaCl, 10% NaCl & 12% NaCl. Growth temperature 10ºC - 40ºC. No growth at 4ºC.
Isolated from sewage, irrigation water and river water in Spain. Sensible to O/129 vibriostatic agent (10 µg).
Unknown.
- 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.
- Urdaci, Maria C., Marchand, Michel, Ageron, Elisabeth, Arcos, Jose M., Sesma, Begonia, Grimont, Patrick A. D. Vibrio navarrensis
sp. nov., a Species from Sewage. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991 41: 290-294.
Positive results for nitrate reduction to nitrite, catalase, oxidase, ONPG test, indole production (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl), citrate
utilization (Simmons), gelatin hydrolysis (1% NaCl, 22 °C), acid production from D-glucose, D-galactose, glycerol, maltose,
D-mannitol, D-mannose and sucrose.
Can utilize N-acetylglucosamine, D-alanine, L-alanine , L-aspartate, D-fructose, fumarate, gluconate, glucosamine, D-glucose,
L-glutamate, m-glycerate, glycerol, DL-lactate, L-malate, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannitol, P-methyl-D-glucoside, L-proline, D-ribose,
L-serine, succinate, sucrose and trehalose.
Negative results for Voges-Proskauer test (1% NaCl), H2S production on TSI, urea hydrolysis, arginine (1% NaCl), lysine (1% NaCl),
ornithine (1% NaCl), gas production from D-glucose, acid production from: L-arabinose, myo-inositol, lactose, melibiose,
L-rhamnose and D-sorbitol.
Not utilized: trans-aconitate, adonitol, DL-5-aminovalerate, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, L-arabitol, benzoate, betaine, caprate, caprylate,
mesocoumarate, dulcitol, meso-erythritol, ethanolamine, L-fucose, galacturonate, beta-gentiobiose, gentisate, glucuronate, glutarate,
histamine, L-histidine, 3-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, myo-inositol, itaconate, 2-ketogluconate, 5-ketogluconate, lactose,
lactulose, D-lyxose,malonate, maltitol, D-melezitose, melibiose, methyl-alpha-D-galactoside, methyl-beta-D-galactoside, 3-methyl-
-alpha-glucose, methyl-alpha-D-glucoside, mucate, phenylacetate, 3-phenylpropionate, propionate, protocatechuate, putrescine,
quinate, raffinose, rhamnose, D-saccharate, sorbitol, L-sorbose, D-tagatose, D-tartrate, L-tartrate, meso-tartrate, tricarballylate,
trigonelline, tryptamine, tryptophan, D-xylitol and D-xylose.
Variable results for esculin hydrolysis.


(c) Costin Stoica