''Vibrio pelagius'' is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive marine bacterium described in 1971.
It is commonly found in marine environments and has been isolated from
marine sponges of the
Saint Martin's Island
Saint Martin Island ( bn, সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ) is a small island (area only 3 km2) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and fo ...
area of the
Bay of Bengal,
Bangladesh. Colonies are round and whitish, of medium size; individual bacteria have a curved rod shape and are motile.
References
Vibrionales
Bacteria described in 2021
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