vibrion

Definitions of vibrion
  1. noun
    curved rodlike motile bacterium
    synonyms: vibrio
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    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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