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VIBRIO TAPETIS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Vibrio |
| Species: | Vibrio tapetis |
| Description: | cells are gram- negative coccobacilli (1.0 to 1.5 by 0.5 μm) motile by means of one polar flagellum. Grows on marine agar (Difco) and tryptone soya agar (Oxoid) containing 2% NaCl. Colonies develop within 48 h at 20°C and are circular,regular in shape, translucent, and unpigmented. Grows on thiosulfate-citrate- bile-sucrose agar (green colonies). Swarming has not been detected in any of the media tested. |
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| Source: | V. tapetis has been isolated exclusively from manila and fine clams (7'. philippinarum and T. decussatus), in which it causes the brown ring disease |
| Pathogenicity: | Causative Agent of the Brown Ring Disease Affecting Cultured Clams |
| Genbank: | Y08430.1(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| GC %: | 43.2 |
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| Reference: | BORREGO (J.J.), CASTRO (D.), LUQUE (A.), PAILLARD (C.), MAES (P.), GARCIA (M.T.) and VENTOSA (A.): Vibrio tapetis sp. nov., the causative agent of the brown ring disease affecting cultured clams. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 480-484. |
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