Bacterium
vibrio alginolyticus
Subclass of:
Vibrio
Definitions related to 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.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio alginolyticus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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