Vibrio azureus

Vibrio azureus is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive marine bacterium.^{[1] [2]} It is commonly found in marine environments and was isolated from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Colonies are medium-sized, round and whitish; individual bacteria have a curved rod shape and are motile.^[3] It has been observed to emit a blue light using an additional blue-fluorescent protein.^[2]

Vibrio azureus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Vibrionales
Family:	Vibrionaceae
Genus:	Vibrio
Species:	V. azureus
Binomial name
Vibrio azureus Yoshizawa, Wada, Kita-Tsukamoto, Ikemoto, Yokota & Kogure, 2009