| Vibrio coralliilyticus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Vibrionales |
| Family: | Vibrionaceae |
| Genus: | Vibrio |
| Species: | V. coralliilyticus |
| Binomial name | |
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Vibrio coralliilyticus Pollock et al., 2010 |
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Vibrio coralliilyticus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. It is a temperature-dependent pathogen (causing tissue lysis) of the coral Pocillopora damicornis, hence its name. Its type strain is YB1T (=ATCC BAA-450T =LMG 20984T).