NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase positive, hemolytic,
halophilic, can utilize a wide variety of sugars as carbon sources and is responsible
for the production of tetrodotoxin in puffer fish. V. alginolyticus is a marine organism
and a pathogen that can cause otitis and wound infections in humans.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio alginolyticus.;