Vibrio coralliilyticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
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. It is a temperature-dependent pathogen (causing tissue lysis) of the coral Pocillopora damicornis, hence its name. Its type strain is YB1T (=ATCC BAA-450T =LMG 20984T).