Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio, Vibrio gallicus Sawabe,
Hayashi, Moriwaki, Thompson, Swings, Potin, Christen and Ezura, 2004.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-0.6 x 1.2-3.0 µm, in ZoBell 2216E broth. Non-motile,
nonflagellated, no endospores or capsules are formed.
Colonies on ZoBell 2216 agar are circular, smooth, beige, convex. Luminescence is
not produced.
Grow on TCBS agar.
Facultatively anaerobic, mesophilic and neutrophilic chemo-organotroph.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 3% NaCl. No gowth in 0%, 1% or 6% NaCl. Growth
temperature 15 to 30 ºC. No growth at 4 or 37 ºC.
Isolated from the gut of French abalones (Haliotis tuberculata) collected at the coastal area of Brest (Brittany, France).
Susceptible to O/129 vibriostatic agent.
Unknown. Could live in symbiosis with abalone.
- T. Sawabe, K. Hayashi,J. Moriwaki, F.L. Thompson, J. Swings, P. Potin, R. Christen and Y. Ezura, 2004. Vibrio gallicus sp. nov.,
isolated from the gut of the French abalone Haliotis tuberculata. IJSEM 54, 843-846.
Positive results for indole, oxidase, catalase, nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of alginate,
methyl red, acid production from: D-glucose, D-mannitol & maltose.
Negative results for ONPG, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, arginine dehydrolase, gas production from glucose, acetoin
production, Tween 80 hydrolysis, gelatinase, agarase, chitinase, lipase, hydrolysis of starch, beta-galactosidase, acid production from:
L-arabinose, inositol, L-rhamnose, sucrose & D-sorbitol.
No assimilation of D-mannose, sucrose, D-gluconate, D-sorbitol, 2-oxoglutarate, D-galactose, cellobiose, melibiose, lactose,
D-glucuronate, trehalose, putrescine, gamma-aminobutyrate, acetate, pyruvate, L-tyrosine, propionate, D-glucosamine, fumarate,
succinate, meso-erythritol, D-xylose, L-arabinose, citrate, DL-malate & aconitate.
Variable results for hydrolysis of casein.
(c) Costin Stoica