Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio, Vibrio pacinii
Gomez-Gil, Thompson, Thompson and Swings, 2003.
Historical synonyms: FAFLP group A47 Thompson, Hoste, Vandemeulebroecke and Swings, 2001.
Gram-negative, rod-shaped cells, motile with polar flagella.
Can grow in nutrient broth with1.5 - 8% NaCl. No growth in 0% or 10% NaCl. Growth
occur at 4-35 ºC. No growth at 40 ºC.
Colonies on Marine agar are translucent, non-swarming, smooth, non-pigmented.
Colonies on TCBS agar are yellow bright, translucent, round, 1.5-2.8 mm in diameter.
No luminescence produced. Not swarming.
Isolated from healthy shrimp larvae (Penaeus chinensis) in China, sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Spain and from Atlantic salmon
(Salmo salar) in Tasmania.
Resistant to vibriostatic agent O/129, Gentamicin, Kanamycin & Streptomycin.
The strain LMG 13245 is pathogenic for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
- B. Gomez-Gil, F. L. Thompson, C. C. Thompson and J. Swings, 2003. Vibrio pacinii sp. nov., from cultured aquatic organisms.
IJSEM 53, 1569-1573.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, oxidase, catalase, alkaline phosphatase,
tryptophan deaminase, valine arylamidase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
alpha-glucosidase, nitrate reduction, methyl red, acid production from: D-glucose
and lactose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source: citrate, alpha-D-glucose, cellobiose, dextrin, D-fructose, D-mannitol, D-trehalose, gentiobiose,
inosine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, L-serine, maltose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, sucrose, thymidine and uridine.
Negative results for lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole, alpha-galactosidase, lipase, H2S production, urease and
beta-glucosidase.
Variable results for beta-galactosidase, acid phosphatase, gelatinase, Voges-Proskauer test and ONPG reaction.
(c) Costin Stoica