A blast analysis (W=7, no filter) showed that probe probe G V (5'-AGGCCACAACCTCCAAGTAG-3') did not hybridize to any bacteria outside of the Vibrionaceae family
This procedure is difficult to use to check that the probe indeed hybridize well to every sequence of the Vibrionaceae family.
300 sequences belonging to this family were selected in our database of 92 000 already aligned Bacterial sequences. Aligments were checked manually and the following results were obtained.
The numbers of mutations present in the sequence of each species is indicated. (no indication means no mutations)
For 69 species of Vibrionaceae, only 12 showed mutations, among which 6 species of Photobacteriums and Salinivibrios.
The probe can thus be seen as a general vibrio probe
| species | mutations |
| Photobacterium angustum | 1 |
| Photobacterium damselae | |
| Photobacterium fischeri | 2 |
| Photobacterium histaminum | |
| Photobacterium iliopiscarium | |
| Photobacterium leiognathi | |
| Photobacterium phosphoreum | 1 |
| Photobacterium profundum | 1 |
| Salinivibrio costicola | 3 |
| Salinivibrio vallismortis | 5 |
| Vibrio aerogenes | |
| Vibrio aestuarianus | |
| Vibrio agarivorans | |
| Vibrio alginolyticus | |
| Vibrio anguillarum | |
| Vibrio aspartigenicus | 3 |
| Vibrio campbellii | |
| Vibrio carchariae | |
| Vibrio chagasii | |
| Vibrio cholerae | 2 |
| Vibrio cincinnatiensis | 2 |
| Vibrio corallilyticus | |
| Vibrio diabolicus | |
| Vibrio diazotrophicus | |
| Vibrio ezurae | |
| Vibrio fischeri | 2 |
| Vibrio fluvialis | |
| Vibrio fortis | |
| Vibrio furnissii | |
| Vibrio gallicus | |
| Vibrio gazogenes | |
| Vibrio halioticoli | |
| Vibrio harveyi | |
| Vibrio hepatarius | |
| Vibrio hispanicus | |
| Vibrio ichthyoenteri | |
| Vibrio lentus | |
| Vibrio logei | |
| Vibrio mediterranei | |
| Vibrio metschnikovii | |
| Vibrio mimicus | 2 |
| Vibrio mytili | |
| Vibrio natriegens | |
| Vibrio navarrensis | |
| Vibrio neonatus | |
| Vibrio nereis | |
| Vibrio nigripulchritudo | |
| Vibrio ordalii | |
| Vibrio orientalis | |
| Vibrio pacinii | |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | |
| Vibrio pectenicida | |
| Vibrio pelagius | |
| Vibrio penaeicida | |
| Vibrio pomeroyi | |
| Vibrio proteolyticus | |
| Vibrio ruber | 2 |
| Vibrio rumoiensis | |
| Vibrio salmonicida | |
| Vibrio scophthalmi | |
| Vibrio shiloi | |
| Vibrio splendidus | |
| Vibrio superstes | |
| Vibrio supersteus | |
| Vibrio tapetis | |
| Vibrio tubiashii | |
| Vibrio vulnificus | |
| Vibrio wodanis | |
| Vibrio xui |