Vibrio anguillarum

Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Proteobacteria

Class: Gammaproteobacteria

Order: Vibrionales

Family: Vibrionaceae

Genus: Vibrio

Species

Vibrio anguillarum

Description and significance

Vibrio anguillarum is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the family Vibrionaceae, which includes several other species of marine bacteria. It is classified as a facultatively anaerobic, motile, and curved rod-shaped bacterium.

There are several serotypes of Vibrio anguillarum, which are distinguished based on differences in the structure of the bacterial surface antigens. These serotypes are important for understanding the epidemiology of the disease caused by V. anguillarum in aquatic animals, such as fish and shellfish.

16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Information

Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio ordalli are the closest relatives according to microbiologists and those who have reported so to the NIH, in addition, the resemblance that the two species share has caused fervent debate and discourse on whether they truly are two separate species, as previously conducted identifications perhaps mistake V. ordalli for V. anguillarum and vice versa (Steinum et al., 2016).

Genome Structure (if the genome exists)

The total complete genome size of Vibrio anguillarum consists of 3,119,695 bp from the NB1O strain. This sequencing was conducted within NSC(Nevada State College) in an effort to report the genome sequences of seven total V. anguillarum strains from multiple locations in an effort to examine its virulence and analyze genetic variations (Holm et al., 2018).

References

Holm KO, Bækkedal C, Söderberg JJ, Haugen P. Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio anguillarum Strains as Derived from PacBio Sequencing. Genome Biol Evol. 2018 Apr 1;10(4):1127-1131. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy074. PMID: 29635365; PMCID: PMC5905569.

Steinum TM, Karataş S, Martinussen NT, Meirelles PM, Thompson FL, Colquhoun DJ. Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Close Relatives Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio ordalii. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 Aug 30;82(18):5496-504. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00620-16. PMID: 27371582; PMCID: PMC5007779.