Kauaʻi record · KCA-MICRO-000025
Vibrio vulnificus
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Kauaʻi evidence
Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Common names
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Family
- Vibrionaceae
- Order
- Enterobacterales
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Warm coastal water and seafood-safety relevance; Kauaʻi event records needed
- Origin
- Native/introduced status varies by strain
- Conservation status
- Moderate / contextual
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Warm brackish/coastal waters and seafood exposure pathways
- Ecological role
- bacterium / Gammaproteobacteria with Kauaʻi-relevant ecological, disease, food-web, or biosecurity pathway.
- Food and resource needs
- Warm brackish/coastal waters and seafood exposure pathways
- Reproduction
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Shelter
- Warm brackish/coastal waters and seafood exposure pathways
- Substrate
- Warm brackish/coastal waters and seafood exposure pathways
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Marine public-health relevance
- Conservation actions
- Moderate / contextual
- Monitoring
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
- Data gaps
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Seasonal description
- Vibrio vulnificus is included because it is relevant to Kauaʻi conservation, agriculture, freshwater/reef function, disease ecology, biosecurity, or public environmental health.