Two hundred and eighty four presumptive but not confirmed Vibrio
vulnificus isolates grown on cellobiose-polymixin B-colistin agar (CPC) at 40°C,
recovered from sea water samples from Valencia, Spain, during a microbiological
survey for V. vulnificus, were phenotypically identified. Most of the isolates (91%)
corresponded to Vibrio species. V. harveyi (24%) and V. splendidus(19%) were the
most abundant species identified, followed by V. navarrensis (13%), V. alginolyticus
(8%) and V. parahaemolyticus (5%). The ability to grow on CPC agar and ferment
cellobiose of several V. vulnificus strains from different origins and serovars, including
reference strains, was tested. Most serovar E isolates and 25% of non-serovar E
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