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What is a vibrio?

What is a vibrio? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
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Illnesses caused by salmonella, shigella, E. coli, and vibrio bacteria can cause severe diarrhea and vomiting, both of which would lead to further dehydration.
Cholera is caused by a bacterium, vibrio cholerae, which produces a toxin that affects the intestines.
Familiar with one sample of this organism, which from its motions receives the name of vibrio, you soon detect numbers of them.
He has studied the vibrio genus of bacteria for more than 40 years and still finds it eminently fascinating.
In two other genera of this family, vibrio and Spirulna, the filaments are spiral.
Ear-cockle, a disease in wheat caused by the presence in the grain of worms belonging to the genus vibrio.

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