Vibrio

Examples

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• Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by the waterborne bacterium Vibrio cholerae, transmitted through infected water sources.

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• Cold, dry weather is hard on the delicate Vibrio cholerae.

• And this is the vibrio cholerae Organism responsible for the disease cholera, in which sickened this patient.

• Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera, occurs by bathing in or drinking contaminated water or by ingesting contaminated food.

  Academic text (2004)

• Cholera is caused by an acute bacterial infection of Vibrio cholera acquired by ingesting contaminated food or water, and is therefore not contagious.

  Academic text (2014)

• Many members of the family Vibrionaceae cause diarrheal disease; among these, Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 and V. parahaemolyticus are responsible for several epidemics and pandemics (1, 2).

  Academic text (2012)

• Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by the waterborne bacterium Vibrio cholerae, transmitted through infected water sources.

• The one food pathogen on the rise is Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium found in shellfish and raw oysters.

Compounds

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Vibrio cholerae

• Specialized

4.5

A type of bacteria that causes cholera and often lives in water

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Vibrio comma

• Archaic

9.9

An old name for the bacteria that cause cholera

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Vibrio fetus

• Archaic

8.3

A type of bacteria that causes sheep to lose their unborn lambs and sometimes infects people

Surface Forms

Etymology