Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Vibrionales, Family Vibrionaceae, Genus Vibrio, Vibrio rumoiensis
Yumoto, Iwata, Sawabe, Ueno, Ichise, Matsuyama, Okuyama and Kawasaki 1999.
Gram-negative, 0.5–0.9 / 0.7–2.1 µm, rods. Non-sporeforming. No flagella. Numerous
blebs occur on the cell surface.
Can grow in nutrient broth with: 3, 4, 6 & 10% NaCl. No growt in 0% NaCl. Growth
temperature 2-35 ºC, no growth at 40 ºC. Non-pigmented colonies.
Isolated from a drainage pool at a fish processing plant where hydrogen peroxide was used as a bleaching agent.
Susceptible to vibriostatic compound O/129 (10 and 150 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.
- Isao Yumoto Hideaki Iwata, Tomoo Sawabe, Keisuke Ueno, Nobutoshi Ichise,HidetoshiI Matsuyama, Hidetoshi Okuyama & Kosei
Kawasaki: Characterization of a Facultatively Psychrophilic Bacterium, Vibrio rumoiensis sp. nov., That Exhibits High Catalase
Activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Jan. 1999, p. 67-72.
Produces a high level of catalase. Positive results for oxidase, lipase, methyl red,
reduction of NO3 to NO2, acid production from: D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-fructose,
D-maltose, D-mannose, sucrose, D-xylose & D-mannitol, utilization of citrate, L-
arabinose, D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, lactose & D-gluconate.
Negative results for esculin hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer test (1% NaCl), indole (Heart Infusion Broth, 1% NaCl) , H2S production,
casein hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, alginic acid hydrolysis, lysine (1% NaCl), acid production from: D-galactose, myo-inositol,
L-rhamnose, utilization of melibiose, raffinose & D-sorbitol.
Variable results for arginine dihydrolase (1% NaCl) .
(c) Costin Stoica