Vibrio alginolyticus

Vibrio alginolyticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Vibrionales
Family:	Vibrionaceae
Genus:	Vibrio
Binomial name
Vibrio alginolyticus (Miyamoto et al. 1961) Sakazaki 1968
Type strain
ATCC 17749 CAIM 516 CCUG 4989 and 13445 and 16315 CIP 103336 and 75.3 DSM 2171 LMG 4409 NBRC 15630 NCCB 71013 and 77003 NCTC 12160
Synonyms
Oceanomonas alginolytica Miyamoto et al. 1961 Beneckea alginolytica (Miyamoto et al. 1961) Baumann et al. 1971 Pseudomonas creosotensis O'Neill et al. 1961

Vibrio alginolyticus is a Gram-negative marine bacterium. It is medically important since it causes otitis and wound infection. It is also present in the bodies of animals such as pufferfish, where it is responsible for the production of the potent neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin.

V.alginolyticus was first identified as a pathogen of humans in 1973. It occasionally causes eye, ear and wound infections. V. alginolyticus is a highly salt-tolerant species and can grow in salt concentrations of 10%. Most clinical isolates come from superinfected wounds that become contaminated at the beach. Tetracycline usually results in cure. V. alginolyticus is rare cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised hosts.