Vibrios

• Vibrios

   Comma-shaped, curved, and sometimes straight

  facultatively anaerobe

   Catalase and oxidase-positive

   Motile (monotrichous or multitrichous polar

  flagella)

   Halophilic

   Selective media

  o Thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose (TCBS)

  agar

  o Enrichment broth (e.g., alkaline peptone

  broth)