Genus Vibrio Order Vibrionales | Class Gamma Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
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Similar Vibrio, Pocillopora damicornis, Vibrionaceae, Pocillopora, Oculina | ||
Diagnostic dipstick for vibrio coralliilyticus vcpa metalloproteinase
Vibrio coralliilyticus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. It is a temperature-dependent pathogen (causing tissue lysis) of the coral Pocillopora damicornis, hence its name. Its type strain is YB1T (=ATCC BAA-450T =LMG 20984T).
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