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vibrio

DEFINITIONS OF: vibrio

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n curved rodlike motile bacterium

Synonyms:
vibrion
Types:
Vibrio comma, comma bacillus
comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
Vibrio fetus
bacteria that cause abortion in sheep
Type of:
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
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