He has studied the vibrio genus of bacteria for more than 40 years and still finds it eminently fascinating. |
Good sanitation – the containment of a potentially toxic waste with flush toilets, sewers and soap – did for vibrio cholerae in Britain, and by the end of the 19th century, the disease had been beaten. |
In the vibrio of acute septicmia this is the mode of generation. |
Legal never buys them, he said, because vibrio bacteria are more likely to develop in the Caribbean than in colder northern waters. |
Some of the diseases we have to deal with are marine diseases, like marine vibrio diseases. |
Cholera is caused by a bacterium, vibrio cholerae, which produces a toxin that affects the intestines. |