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VIBRIO MARITIMUS

Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Genus: Vibrio
Species: Vibrio maritimus
Description: Cells are 1μm wide and 1.5–4.0μm long, Gram-negative,motile bacilli. Forms translucent, convex, smooth-rounded colonies with entire margins, 1 mm in size and beige in colour after 1 day incubation at 28°C on TSA. Growth occurs between 15 and 37°C, at NaCl concentrations of 0.5–8.0 % (w/v) and at pH 5–12.
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Source: Isolated from mucus of the zoanthid Palythoacaribaeorum in Portinho Beach, Sao Sebastiao Channel,Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Pathogenicity:
Genbank: NZ_BBMR00000000.1   [Genome]    [Nucleotide]
Size (Mb): 5.73
GC %: 46.1
Genes: 5,496
CDS Number: 3,789
Reference: CHIMETTO (L.A.), CLEENWERCK (I.), MOREIRA (A.P.B.), BROCCHI (M.), WILLEMS (A.), DE VOS (P.) and THOMPSON (F.L.): Vibrio variabilis sp. nov. and Vibrio maritimus sp. nov., isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 3009-3015.
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