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VIBRIO VULNIFICUS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Vibrio |
| Species: | Vibrio vulnificus |
| Description: | Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved, rod-shaped (bacillus), pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio.V. vulnificus is a complex microorganism on many levels, from the disparity between its environmental ubiquity and the low number of infections it causes to the genomic heterogeneity seen among strains of this pathogen.Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic human pathogen that is highly lethal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of reported seafood-related deaths in the United States |
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| Source: | This bacterium is a part of the natural flora of coastal marine environments worldwide and has been isolated from water, sediments, and a variety of seafood, including shrimp, fish, oysters, and clams |
| Pathogenicity: | Organisms of this species are opportunistic pathogens that can attack immunocompromised patients and causes gastroenteritis (inflammation of mucous membranes of stomach and intestine), wound infections, and primary septicemia (spread of the organism through the blood). This organism is the major cause of death from eating raw oysters, especially in people with liver damage. It only affects humans and other primates. |
| Genbank: | NC_005139.1(chr 1) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.35 |
| GC %: | 46.4 |
| Genes: | 4,703 |
| CDS Number: | 4,559 |
| Reference: | Melissa K. Jones and James D. Oliver,Vibrio vulnificus: Disease and Pathogenesis,Infect. Immun. May 2009 vol. 77 no. 5 1723-1733 |
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