organism: Vibrio coralliilyticus
description: Vibrio coralliilyticus strain RE22 is a naturally-occurring marine gammaproteobacterium that is pathogenic toward larval oysters. It was originally isolated from a shellfish hatchery on Netarts Bay, Oregon. This bacterium has been particularly problematic in shellfish hatcheries, where it has been associated with intermittent outbreaks of vibriosis and high mortalities of larval shellfish. Outbreaks of V. coralliilyticus in general have led to shortages of seed oysters needed for commercial shellfish operations. The RE22 strain was originally thought to be a Vibrio tubiashii; however, it was later identified as a V. coralliilyticus. This is the first complete genome of V. coralliilyticus (5,784,972 bp), which consists of two chromosomes (3,532,203 and 1,915,494 bp) and a megaplasmid (337,275 bp).
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: RE22
attributes.tag: host
attributes.value: Oyster larvae
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 1999-04-17
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: USA: Netarts Bay, Oregon
attributes.tag: sample_type
attributes.value: Bacterium
attributes.tag: altitude
attributes.value: Sea Level
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Ralph Elston
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 45.421700 N 123.934200 W
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Microbe, viral or environmental