Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio, Vibrio cincinnatiensis
Brayton, Bode, Colwell, MacDonell, Hall, Grimes, West and Bryant 1986.
Historical synonyms: Oceanomonas alginolytica Miyamoto, Nakamura and Takizawa 1961, Beneckea alginolytica (Miyamoto,
Nakamura and Takizawa 1961) Baumann, Baumann and Mandel 1971.
Gram-negative, small rods, motile by a single polar flagellum.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 1%, 6% and 8% (var.) NaCl. No growth in 0%, 10%
and 12% NaCl. Growth occur at 30 and 35 ºC. No growth at 4 or 40 ºC.
Grow on blood agar. Poor growth on TCBS (selective media : thiosulfate-citrate-bile
salts-sucrose agar).
Isolated from human clinical specimens. Resistant to O/129 vibriostatic agent 10 µg (sensible to 150 µg).
Rarely isolated from human blood and cerebral spinal fluid.
- 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. Group 5 Facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative rods. Subgroup 2 Family Vibrionaceae. In: Begey’s Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 9-th edition, Williams & Wilkins. pp. 190-194.
- Judith A. Johnson, 2006. Vibrio. In: Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10th edition, Vol. 2, Bacteriology,
Edward Arnold Ltd., 1507-1523.
- Henrik Chart: Multiflagellate Variants of Vibrio anguillarum. Journal of General Microbiology (1983), 129, 2193-2197.
ONPG test, nitrate reduction to nitrite, oxidase, methyl red (1% NaCl), acid from
D-glucose, L-arabinose, cellobiose, D-galactose, glycerol, myo-inositol, maltose,
D-mannitol, D-mannose, salicin, sucrose & trehalose are positive.
Esculin hydrolysis, indole (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl), Voges-Proskauer (1% NaCl), citrate (Simmons), H2S on TSI, urea
hydrolysis, phenylalanine deaminase, arginine (1% NaCl), ornithine (1%NaCl), gelatin hydrolysis (1% NaCl, 22 ºC), gas from
D-glucose, acid production from D-adonitol, D-arabitol, dulcitol, lactose, melibiose, raffinose, L-rhamnose & D-sorbitol are negative.
Lipase, lysine (1% NaCl) & acid production from D-xylose are variable.
(c) Costin Stoica