SCHEDULE B

ANNEX A - Details of biological resources and/or knowledge associated thereto and

geographical locations.

The microorganism Vibrio Campbelli (marine bacterium) was collected from Kovalam,

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu as cultivated source.

Vibrionaceae family are widely distributed in the marine environment comprising of

several species which cause diseases to human beings and animals (Andrus et al., 1983).

Subsequently, Vibrios have a profound ability to produce bioactive secondary metabolites

(Mansson et al., 2011). Like other pathogenic bacteria, Vibrios also require iron for their growth

Mey et al., 2005).

Vibrio campbellii is a marine gram-neagtive, curved rod-shaped bacterium closely linked to its

sister species,Vibrio harveyi. In aquatic organisms,it is an emerging pathogen (Orata and Hedreyda

2011). Qurom sensing enables the bacterium to communicate with autoinducers, a secreted

chemical signaling molecule. Some V .campbellii strains are known not to be luminescent; these

strains are believed to be less virulent than the luminescent strains (Nijvipakul et al., 2008).