Vibrio harveyi

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Vibrio harveyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Vibrionales Family: Vibrionaceae Genus: Vibrio Species: V. harveyi
Binomial name
Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981
Synonyms
Beneckea harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 Achromobacter harveyi Johnson and Shunk 1936 Pseudomonas harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Breed 1948 Photobacterium harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Breed and Lessel 1954 Lucibacterium harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Hendrie et al. 1970 Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985 Vibrio trachuri Iwamoto et al. 1996

Vibrio harveyi is a species of bioluminescent marine bacteria. Ecologically similar to Vibrio fischeri, V. harveryi has both a free-living form, as well a symbiotic relationship with other marine organisms.^[1] V. harveyi may be a more common cause of luminous vibriosis in commercially farmed marine invertebrates.

Based on samples taken by vessels, Vibrio harveyi is thought to be the cause of the milky seas effect, in which, during the night, a uniform white glow is emitted from the seawater. Some glows can cover nearly 6,000 square miles.

While similar to V. fisheri in many ways, the quorum sensing-based signalling system in V. harveryi appears to be significantly more diverse and complex.^[2][3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Vibrio harveyi. Genome Sequencing Center (WUSTL). Retrieved on 2006-09-26.
2. ^ Milton D (2006). "Quorum sensing in vibrios: complexity for diversification". Int J Med Microbiol 296 (2-3): 61-71. doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.044. PMID 16487746. 
3. ^ Meighen E (1999). "Autoinduction of light emission in different species of bioluminescent bacteria". Luminescence 14 (1): 3-9. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-7243(199901/02)14:1<3::AID-BIO507>3.0.CO;2-4. PMID 10398554.