Vibrio coralliilyticus

Vibrio coralliilyticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Vibrionales
Family: Vibrionaceae
Genus: Vibrio
Species:
V. coralliilyticus
Binomial name
Vibrio coralliilyticus
Pollock et al., 2010

Vibrio coralliilyticus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium.[1] It has a polar flagellum that is used for motility and has been shown to be critical for its virulence to corals.[2] It is a versatile pathogen, impacting several marine invertebrates including Pocillopora damicornis corals (hence its name), both the Pacific and Eastern Oyster's larvae (Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea virginica) [3][4] and some vertebrates such as the rainbow trout.[5] It is a bacterium of considerable interest given its direct contribution to temperature dependent coral bleaching[6] as well as its impacts on aquaculture where it can contribute to significant mortalities in larval oyster hatcheries.[7] There are several known virulent strains, which appear on both the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of the United States.[4] After its initial discovery some strains were incorrectly classified as Vibrio tubiashii including the RE22 and RE98 strains but were later reclassified as Vibrio coralliilyticus.[3][7]

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  2. ^ Meron, Dalit; Efrony, Rotem; Johnson, Wesley R.; Schaefer, Amy L.; Morris, Pamela J.; Rosenberg, Eugene; Greenberg, E. Peter; Banin, Ehud (2009-09-01). "Role of Flagella in Virulence of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75 (17): 5704–5707. doi:10.1128/AEM.00198-09. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 2737915. PMID 19592536.
  3. ^ a b Zhao, Wenjing; Yuan, Tao; Piva, Christine; Spinard, Edward J.; Schuttert, Christian W.; Rowley, David C.; Nelson, David R. (2018-11-02). Stabb, Eric V. (ed.). "The Probiotic Bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens Downregulates Virulence Factor Transcription in the Shellfish Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus by N -Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85 (2): e01545–18, /aem/85/2/AEM.01545–18.atom. doi:10.1128/AEM.01545-18. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 6328781. PMID 30389771.
  4. ^ a b Ushijima, Blake; Richards, Gary P.; Watson, Michael A.; Schubiger, Carla B.; Häse, Claudia C. (2018-06-19). Fernández Robledo, José A. (ed.). "Factors affecting infection of corals and larval oysters by Vibrio coralliilyticus". PLOS ONE. 13 (6): e0199475. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199475. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6007914. PMID 29920567.
  5. ^ Austin, Brian; Austin, Dawn; Sutherland, Rowan; Thompson, Fabiano; Swings, Jean (2005). "Pathogenicity of vibrios to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum) and Artemia nauplii". Environmental Microbiology. 7 (9): 1488–1495. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00847.x. ISSN 1462-2912. PMID 16104871.
  6. ^ Ben-Haim, Yael; Zicherman-Keren, Maya; Rosenberg, Eugene (2003). "Temperature-Regulated Bleaching and Lysis of the Coral Pocillopora damicornis by the Novel Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (7): 4236–4242. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.7.4236-4242.2003. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 165124. PMID 12839805.
  7. ^ a b Richards, Gary P.; Watson, Michael A.; Needleman, David S.; Church, Karlee M.; Häse, Claudia C. (2015-01-01). Griffiths, M. W. (ed.). "Mortalities of Eastern and Pacific Oyster Larvae Caused by the Pathogens Vibrio coralliilyticus and Vibrio tubiashii". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81 (1): 292–297. doi:10.1128/AEM.02930-14. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 4272748. PMID 25344234.