Identification of Vibrio spp. (other than V. vulnificus) recovered on CPC agar from marine natural samples
- María Carmen Macián 1
- Covadonga R. Arias 1
- Rosa Aznar Novella
- Esperanza Garay Aubán
- María Jesús Pujalte
- 1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
ISSN: 1618-1905
Año de publicación: 2000
Volumen: 3
Número: 1
Páginas: 51-53
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: International microbiology: official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology
Resumen
Two hundred and eighty four presumptive but not confirmed Vibrio vulnificus isolates grown on cellobiose-polymixin B-colistin agar (CPC) at 40°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.