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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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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.

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