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1 Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 724, Japan
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi 807, Japan
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Fish Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 724. Phone: 0824-24-7977. Fax: 0824-22-7059.
ABSTRACT
Six similar strains which were isolated as pathogens of cultured kuruma prawns (Penaeus japonicus) in Japan had characteristics of the genus Vibrio. These organisms were distinguished from previously described Vibrio species by their positive results in tests for gelatinase and lipase activities and their negative reactions in tests for arginine dihydrolase and lysine and ornithine decarboxylase activities, growth in the presence of 6% NaCl and at 35°C, acid production from sucrose, utilization of D-glucuronate and propionate, and luminescence. The G+C contents of the DNAs of these organisms were 46.2 to 47.0 mol%. The levels of DNA relatedness among these six strains were 87 to 99% (as determined by the membrane filter method), while the levels of DNA relatedness between prawn pathogen strain KH-1T (T = type strain) and members of 28 previously described Vibrio species were less than 18%. The name Vibrio penaeicida sp. nov. is proposed for the prawn-pathogenic strains. The type strain is strain KH-1 (= IFO 15640 = JCM 9123).
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