Vibrio

See also: vibrio

Translingual
Vibrio cholerae by flagellar stain.

Etymology

From an Italian coinage vibrione by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini (1812–1883), who became posthumously famous for identifying the cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae in 1854 (and who also named the genus).

Proper noun

Vibrio m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vibrionaceae – gram-negative bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (comma shape), several species of which can cause foodborne infection,.

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