Look up: Vibrio

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   vibrio
   [n] - curved rodlike motile bacterium
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   Vibrio
   Vibrio: A group of bacteria that includes Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, (a devastating and sometimes lethal disease with profuse watery diarrhea) and Vibrio comma (which is shaped like a comma). Vibrio move about actively . The word 'vibrio' in Latin means 'to quiver.'
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   Vibrio
   Vib'ri·o noun ; plural English Vibrios , Latin Vibriones . [ New Latin , from Latin vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.] (Biol.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
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   vibrio
   <bacteria> Vibrio is a genus of motile, Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria (family Vibrionaceae), some species in this genus cause cholera in humans and other diseases in animals. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   vibrio
   vibrion noun curved rodlike motile bacterium
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   Vibrio
   `Vibrio` is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria possessing a curved rod shape. Typically found in saltwater, `Vibrio` are facultative anaerobes that test positive for oxidase and do not form spores.
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   Vibrio
   (vib´re-o) a genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile, straight or curved rod-shaped bacteria. V. cho´lerae is the etiologic agent of cholera; V. metschniko´vii causes gastroenteritis; V. parahaemoly´ticus causes gastroenteritis after consumption of inadequately cooked seafood (especially in Japan); and V. vuln...
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   vibrio
   (vib´re-o) an organism of the genus Vibrio, or other spiral motile organism. cholera vibrio Vibrio cholerae. noncholera vibrios a group of microorganisms that are similar to Vibrio cholerae but differ from it immunologically and having variable pathogenic p...
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   Vibrio
   • (n.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
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    vibrio
    (genus Vibrio), any of a group of comma-shaped bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae. Vibrios are aquatic microorganisms, some species of which cause ...
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    Vibrio
    A genus of motile (occasionally nonmotile), nonsporeforming, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria (family Spirillaceae) containing short (0.5–3.0 m), curved or straight rods which occur singly or which are occasionally united into S-shapes or spirals. Motile cells contain a single polar flagellum; in some species, two or ...
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    vibrio
    A member of the genus Vibrio.
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