vibrio furnissii vibrio furnissii vibrio furnissii is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. its type strain is atcc 35016 (= cdc b3215). v. furnissii is aerogenic (gas-producing), and uses l-rhamnose, l-arginine, l-arabinose, maltose, and d-mannitol, but not l-lysine, l-ornithine, or lactose. it has been isolated from patients with gastroenteritis, bacteremia, skin lesions, and sepsis. vibrio furnissii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: vibrionales family: vibrionaceae genus: vibrio species: v. furnissii binomial name vibrio furnissiibrenner et al., 1983