Vibrio alginolyticus

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NCI: A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase positive, hemolytic, halophilic, can utilize a wide variety of sugars as carbon sources and is responsible for the production of tetrodotoxin in puffer fish. V. alginolyticus is a marine organism and a pathogen that can cause otitis and wound infections in humans.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio alginolyticus.,MSH: A species of gram-negative, halophilic bacteria, in the genus VIBRIO. It is considered part of normal marine flora and commonly associated with ear infections and superficial wounds exposed to contaminated water sources.

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