Vibrio natriegens is a Gram-negative fast-growing marine bacterium.

Detailed Description

This fast-growing marine bacterium was first isolated from a salt marsh in 1961. V. natrigens is often used for studies of growth, as it has the fastest known doubling time of any organism (9.8 minutes when grown at 37 °C with vigorous shaking in Heart-Brain infusion medium). Grow on nutrient agar with added salt (2% NaCl w/v).

 

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