Moritella viscosa (DSM 25798, ATCC BAA-105, NCIMB 13584)

Name: Moritella viscosa (DSM 25798, ATCC BAA-105, NCIMB 13584)
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BacDive ID 8212

Type strain

Strain Designation NV1 88/478

Culture col. no. DSM 25798 ATCC BAA-105 NCIMB 13584 NVI 88/478 CIP 109754 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 80854

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- NCIMB <- Norwegian College of Vet. Medicine, Oslo, Norway <- I. M. Hogstad CIP <- 2007, NCIMB <- 1999, H. Sorum, Norwegian Coll. Vet. Med., Oslo, Norway: strain NV1 88/478

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Moritella viscosa NV1 88/478 is a Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped animal pathogen that was isolated from atlantic salmon with winter ulcer from fish farm.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped animal pathogen 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 44299

ATCC BAA-105,NCIMB 13584,CIP 109754,DSM 25798

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Alteromonadales

Family Moritellaceae

Genus Moritella

Species Moritella viscosa

Full scientific name Moritella viscosa (Lunder et al. 2000) Benediktsdóttir et al. 2000

Synonyms (1)

Vibrio viscosus

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
123873	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
14882	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
33324	MEDIUM 117 - for Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis, Cytophaga lytica and Halomonas halodenitrificans		Distilled water make up to (250.000 ml);Yeast extract (3.000 g);Peptone(5.000 g);Synthetic sea solution - M0216 (750.000 ml)
123873	CIP Medium 117	Medium recipe at CIP
123873	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
14882	positive	growth	15
33324	positive	growth	15

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
123873	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
123873	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
123873	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123873	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68369	gelatinase	+		from API 20NE
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
123873	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123873	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	100	7 of 7
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	100	14 of 14
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	90.91	10 of 11
66794	propionate fermentation	90	9 of 10
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	88.24	30 of 34
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	purine metabolism	78.72	74 of 94
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	77.78	35 of 45
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	lysine metabolism	73.81	31 of 42
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	starch degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	61.54	56 of 91
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	non-pathway related	60.53	23 of 38
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	tryptophan metabolism	55.26	21 of 38
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	carnitine metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	allantoin degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	43.75	7 of 16
66794	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
66794	phenol degradation	35	7 of 20
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	degradation of sugar acids	28	7 of 25
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	22.73	5 of 22
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123873	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
14882	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
14882	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Livestock (Husbandry)
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine
#Host	#Fishes	#Salmonidae
#Host Body-Site	#Other	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
14882	atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with winter ulcer from fish farm	Salmo salar	Norway	NOR	Europe
123873	Animal, Atlantic salmon, salmo salar		Norway	NOR	Europe	1988

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ132226 (>99% sequence identity) for Moritella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4917
Soil Samples	112
Animal Samples	868
Plant Samples	15
Total Samples	5912

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
14882		1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123873		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
14882	Vibrio viscosus 16S rRNA gene, strain NVI 88/478T	AJ132226	1503		80854

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Haemato-Immunological Response of Immunized Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to Moritella viscosa Challenge and Antigens.	Ghasemieshkaftaki M, Cao T, Hossain A, Vasquez I, Santander J.	Vaccines (Basel)	10.3390/vaccines12010070	2024
Phenotype	Comparative Genomic Analysis of a Novel Vibrio sp. Isolated from an Ulcer Disease Event in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar).	Ghasemieshkaftaki M, Vasquez I, Eshraghi A, Gamperl AK, Santander J.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11071736	2023
Metabolism	Fish pathogen binding to mucins from Atlantic salmon and Arctic char differs in avidity and specificity and is modulated by fluid velocity.	Padra JT, Murugan AVM, Sundell K, Sundh H, Benktander J, Linden SK, Linden SK.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0215583	2019
Phylogeny	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio viscosus sp. nov. and Vibrio wodanis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with 'winter ulcer'.	Lunder T, Sorum H, Holstad G, Steigerwalt AG, Mowinckel P, Brenner DJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-2-427	2000

References

#14882	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 25798
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#33324	; Curators of the CIP;
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#123873	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109754
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Moritella viscosa (DSM 25798, ATCC BAA-105, NCIMB 13584)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

API zym

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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