Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio, Vibrio inusitatus
Sawabe, Fujimura, Niwa and Aono, 2007.
Gram-negative, rod-shaped cells, with rounded ends, 0.5-1.0 x 1.2-2.0 μm.
Nonmotile, nonflagellated. No endospores or capsules are formed.
Can grow in nutrient broth with 1% & 6% NaCl. No growth in 0% or 1% NaCl. Growth
occur at 4 to 30 ºC. No growth at 37 ºC.
Colonies on agar (ZoBell 2216E) are smooth, beige, convex . Colonies are green on
TCBS agar (selective media : thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose agar).
Facultatively anaerobic, mesophilic, neutrophilic, chemo-organotroph. No
luminescence. No growth factors requirement.
Isolated from the gut of the Californian red abalone (Haliotis rufescens).
Susceptible to vibriostatic agent O/157.
Unknown.
- T. Sawabe, Y. Fujimura,K. Niwa and H. Aono, 2007. Vibrio comitans sp. nov., Vibrio rarus sp. nov. and Vibrio inusitatus sp.nov.,
from the gut of the abalones Haliotis discus discus, H. gigantea, H. madaka and H. rufescens.IJSEM 57, 916-922.
Positive results for nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of alginate, oxidase, catalase, acid production from: D-glucose, D-mannitol & maltose.
Can utilize: D-mannose, cellobiose, D-fructose, D-glucose, maltose, D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, fumarate, succinate, D-
xylose and L-glutamate.
Negative results for amylase, gelatinase, chitinase, lipase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, arginine dihydrolase,
indole, ONPG, gas production from glucose, acetoin production, beta-galactosidase, hydrolysis of starch, hydrolysis of agar,
hydrolysis of Tween 80, acid production from: sucrose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, inositol, and L-rhamnose.
No utilization of: sucrose, D-sorbitol, glycerol, 2-oxoglutarate, D-galactose, melibiose, lactose, D-glucuronate, trehalose, putrescine,
acetate, L-tyrosine, L-proline, propionate, meso-erythritol, citrate, DL-malate and aconitate.
Variable results for DNase, utilization of: gamma-aminobutyrate, pyruvate, and D-glucosamine.
(c) Costin Stoica