Vibrio pectenicida

Vibrio pectenicida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Vibrionales
Family: Vibrionaceae
Genus: Vibrio
Species:
V. pectenicida
Binomial name
Vibrio pectenicida
Lambert et al. 1998

Vibrio pectenicida, sometimes abbreviated V. pec,[1] is a species of bacterium, of which strain A365 is associated with disease in scallop (Pecten maximus) larvae.[2] Strain A365 is the type strain (= CIP 105190T) and does not use glucose or fructose as carbon sources, but uses rhamnose and betaine.

Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has been identified as a causative agent of a sea star wasting disease in Pycnopodia helianthoides.[3] The draft genome is 4,368,354 bp and has 3,903 coding sequences, three of which encode putative aerolysin-like toxins[4] that can disrupt cellular membranes and are associated with virulence.[5] The bacterium responds to enrichment with a variety of organic matter sources on asteroid surfaces, and was found in healthy sea cucumbers and sea stars, along with plankton in Australia, Hong Kong, and Okinawa.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Robles-Gil, Alexa (4 August 2025). "Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind 'Terrifying' Sea Star Disease". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2025. 'To have one pathogen, V. pec, stand out so clearly as causing the disease was surprising and exciting,' Dr. Gehman said.
  2. ↑ Lambert, C.; Nicolas, J. L.; Cilia, V.; Corre, S. (1998). "Vibrio pectenicida sp. nov., a pathogen of scallop (Pecten maximus) larvae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (2): 481–487. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-2-481. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9731288.
  3. ↑ Prentice, Melanie B.; Crandall, Grace A.; Chan, Amy M.; Davis, Katherine M.; Hershberger, Paul K.; Finke, Jan F.; Hodin, Jason; McCracken, Andrew; Kellogg, Colleen T. E.; Clemente-Carvalho, Rute B. G.; Prentice, Carolyn; Zhong, Kevin X.; Harvell, C. Drew; Suttle, Curtis A.; Gehman, Alyssa-Lois M. (2025). "Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 is a causative agent of sea star wasting disease". Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02797-2. PMID 40760083.
  4. ↑ Zhong, Kevin X.; Chan, Amy M.; Prentice, Melanie B.; Goulin, Yasmin; Harvell, Drew; Gehman, Alyssa-Lois M.; Suttle, Curtis A. (2025). "Draft genome sequence of Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3, a causative agent of sea star wasting disease in the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), reveals the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins". Microbiology Resource Announcements. doi:10.1128/mra.00287-25.
  5. ↑ Los, Ferdinand C. O.; Randis, Tara M.; Aroian, Raffi V.; Ratner, Adam J. (2013-05-22). "Role of Pore-Forming Toxins in Bacterial Infectious Diseases". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 77 (2): 173–207. doi:10.1128/mmbr.00052-12. PMC 3668673.
  6. ↑ Hewson, Ian (2025-08-15), When bacteria meet many arms: Autecological insights into Vibrio pectinicida FHCF-3 in echinoderms, bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2025.08.15.670479, retrieved 2025-08-19

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