Aliivibrio fischeri

Aliivibrio fischeri
Aliivibrio fischeri glowing on a petri dish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Vibrionales
Family: Vibrionaceae
Genus: Aliivibrio
Species:
A. fischeri
Binomial name
Aliivibrio fischeri
(Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007
Synonyms[1]

Aliivibrio fischeri (formerly Vibrio fischeri) is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found globally in marine environments.[2] This bacterium grows most effectively in water with a salt concentration at around 20g/L, and at temperatures between 24 and 28°C.[3] This species is non-pathogenic[3] and has bioluminescent properties. It is found predominantly in symbiosis with various marine animals, such as the Hawaiian bobtail squid. It is heterotrophic, oxidase-positive, and motile by means of a tuft of polar flagella.[4] Free-living A. fischeri cells survive on decaying organic matter. The bacterium is a key research organism for examination of microbial bioluminescence, quorum sensing, and bacterial-animal symbiosis.[5] It is named after Bernhard Fischer, a German microbiologist.[6]

Aliivibrio fischeri is the family Vibrionaceae. This family of bacteria tend to have adaptable metabolisms that can adjust to diverse circumstances. This flexibility may contribute to A. fischeri's ability to survive both alone and in symbiotic relationships[7].

Ribosomal RNA comparison led to the reclassification of this species from genus Vibrio to the newly created Aliivibrio in 2007.[8] The change is recognized as a valid publication, and according to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the correct name.[9] However, the name change is has not been universally adopted by most researchers, who still publish using the name Vibrio fischeri.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Aliivibrio fischeri". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 6 December 2017. Other names: genbank synonym: Vibrio fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) synonym: Vibrio noctiluca Weisglass and Skreb 1963 synonym: Photobacterium fischeri Beijerinck 1889 synonym: Microspira marina (Russell 1892) Migula 1900 synonym: Microspira fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Chester 1901 synonym: Einheimischer Leuchtbacillus Fischer 1888 synonym: Bacillus phosphorescens indigenus Eisenberg 1891 synonym: Bacillus fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Trevisan 1889 synonym: Achromobacter fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Bergey et al. 1930
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  4. ^ Bergey DH (1994). Holt JG (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
  5. ^ Holt JG, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.). Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-683-00603-2.
  6. ^ Garrity GM (2005). "The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria". Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 2. New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-24144-2.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Urbanczyk H, Ast JC, Higgins MJ, Carson J, Dunlap PV (December 2007). "Reclassification of Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio logei, Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio wodanis as Aliivibrio fischeri gen. nov., comb. nov., Aliivibrio logei comb. nov., Aliivibrio salmonicida comb. nov. and Aliivibrio wodanis comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (Pt 12): 2823–2829. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65081-0. PMID 18048732.
  9. ^ "Species: Aliivibrio fischeri". lpsn.dsmz.de.