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VIBRIO FORTIS

Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Genus: Vibrio
Species: Vibrio fortis
Description: Cells are slightly curved, 1μm in width and 3μm in length.They form translucent to opaque, low convex, non-swarming, smooth-rounded colonies with entire margins that are beige in colour and about 4 mm in diameter on TSA after 48 h incubation at 28°C. Strains form yellow and/or green, translucent, smooth-rounded colonies of 4–5 mm diameter on TCBS.
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Source: was isolated from the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in Ecuador.
Pathogenicity:
Genbank: NZ_JFFR00000000.1   [Genome]    [Nucleotide]
Size (Mb): 5.29
GC %: 44.9
Genes: 4,705
CDS Number: 4,585
Reference: THOMPSON (F.L.), THOMPSON (C.C.), HOSTE (B.), VANDEMEULEBROECKE (K.), GULLIAN (M.) and SWINGS (J.): Vibrio fortis sp. nov. and Vibrio hepatarius sp. nov., isolated from aquatic animals and the marine environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1495-1501.
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