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Species/Subspecies: Listonella anguillarum
Categories: Causes hemolysis; motile
Etymology: Genus name: named after Dr. J. Liston (?).
Species epithet: of eels.
Significance:  [Of minor importance]   
Alternative Species Name(s):Vibrio anguillarum
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Pseudomonadota
Class
Gammaproteobacteria
Order
Vibrionales
Family
Vibrionaceae 
Genus
Listonella
Type Strain: ATCC 19264 = CCUG 47265 = NCTC 12159.
Macromorphology (smell):
Listonella anguillarum  Listonella anguillarum  Listonella anguillarum  
Small translucent colonies (1-2 mm in diameter after 24 h). Hemolysis kan be observed around individual kolonies after 24 h and after 48 h massive hemolysis has occured where the colonies are close together (see Fig. 85:3).
Micromorphology: Small (0.5-0.8 x 1.4-2.6 µm) motile and curved rods (comma-shaped). The bacterium has one polar flagellum. Thus, the bacterium is monotrichous.
Gram +/Gram -:
Listonella anguillarum  
G-
Metabolism: Facultatively anaerobic
Catalase/Oxidase:+/+
Other Enzymes: Tryptophanase - (= indole -), urease -
Biochemical Tests: Citrate +, Voges-Proskauer +
Fermentation of carbohydrates:
D-glucose
+
lactose
-
maltose
+
L-rhamnose
?
sucrose
+
L-arabinose
?
cellobiose
?
D-mannitol
+
salicin
-
trehalose
+
glycerol
+
inulin
?
raffinose
?
D-sorbitol
+
starch
?
D-glucose (gas)-
Spec. Char.: Halophilic
Special Media:
Listonella anguillarum  
V. anguillarum is growing well on purple agar, but this strain does not ferment lactose.
Disease:Vibriosis or red pest of eels.
Hosts: Salmonid fish, eel
Clinical Picture: Wounds in the skinn, septicemia, spleenomegaly.
16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
X16895 (T) 1505  

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Listonella anguillarum  
Two species have been described within the genus Listonella and they are closely related to species within the genera Vibrio and Aliivibrio.
Updated:2023-03-29

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