Vibrio pectenicida

Vibrio pectenicida, sometimes abbreviated V.pec, is a species of bacterium, of which strain A365 is associated with disease in scallop larvae. Strain A365 is the type strain and does not use glucose or fructose as carbon sources, but uses rhamnose and betaine.
Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has been identified as a causative agent of sea star [wasting disease|a sea star wasting disease in Pycnopodia helianthoides]. The draft genome is 4,368,354 bp and has 3,903 coding sequences, three of which encode putative aerolysin-like toxins that can disrupt cellular membranes and are associated with virulence. The bacterium responds to enrichment with a variety of organic matter sources on asteroid surfaces, and was found in healthy sea cucumbers and sea stars, along with plankton in Australia, Hong Kong, and Okinawa.