title: Identification of Vibrio spp. (other than V. vulnificus) recovered on CPC agar from marine natural samples.
abstract: Two hundred and eighty four presumptive but not confirmed Vibrio vulnificus isolates grown on cellobiose-polymixin B-colistin agar (CPC) at 40 degrees C, recovered from sea water samples from Valencia, Spain, during a microbiological survey for V. vulnificus, were phenotypically identified. Most of the isolates (91%) corresponded to Vibrio species. V. harveyi (24%) and V. splendidus(19%) were the most abundant species identified, followed by V. navarrensis (13%), V. alginolyticus (8%) and V. parahaemolyticus (5%). The ability to grow on CPC agar and ferment cellobiose of several V. vulnificus strains from different origins and serovars, including reference strains, was tested. Most serovar E isolates and 25% of non-serovar E isolates could not grow on CPC agar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Macián
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garay
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pujalte
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002475:Cellobiose; D003091:Colistin; D003470:Culture Media; D004524:Eels / Q000382:microbiology; D005285:Fermentation; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D011112:Polymyxin B; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D002475:Cellobiose; D000362:Agar; D011112:Polymyxin B; D003091:Colistin