Vibrio alginolyticus

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Vibrio alginolyticus - 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.

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