Photobacterium
Sign in to savePhotobacterium is a genus of gram-negative, oxidase-positive and catalase-positive bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae. Members of the genus are bioluminescent, that is they have the ability to emit light.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderEnterobacterales
- FamilyVibrionaceae
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Research
2,402 papers- The biology and the importance of Photobacterium species.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2017
- The Siphamia-Photobacterium symbiosis: a binary vertebrate model for host-microbe interactions.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
- Phylogeny, genomics, and symbiosis of Photobacterium.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2011
- Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida: an integrated view of a bacterial fish pathogen.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2002
- Revisiting the genus Photobacterium: taxonomy, ecology and pathogenesis.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Vibrionaceae
- Image
- Photobacterium damselae 02.jpg
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- taxon name
- Photobacterium
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Biochemical characteristics of ''Photobacterium'' species
- Taxonomy
- Identifying characteristics
- Ecology
- Pathogenicity
- ''Photobacterium damselae'' subspecies ''damsela''
- Symptoms of ''Photobacteria damselae'' subspecies ''damselae''
- Transmission/infection of ''Photobacterium damselae'' subspecies ''damsela''
- See also
- References
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Photobacterium is a genus of gram-negative, oxidase-positive and catalase-positive bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae. Members of the genus are bioluminescent, that is they have the ability to emit light.
Many species, including Photobacterium leiognathi and Photobacterium phosphoreum, Photobacterium ganghwense, Photobacterium marinum live in symbiosis with marine organisms. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and identified multiple strains of Photobacterium from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
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