vib·ri·o

(vĭb′rē-ō′)

n. pl. vib·ri·os

Any of various short, motile, S-shaped or comma-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, especially V. cholerae, which causes cholera.

[New Latin Vibriō, genus name, from Latin vibrāre, to vibrate (from their vibratory motion); see vibrate.]

vib′ri·oid′ (-oid′) adj.

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vibrio

(ˈvɪbrɪˌəʊ)

n, pl -os

(Microbiology) any curved or spiral rodlike Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio, including V. cholerae, which causes cholera: family Spirillaceae

[C19: from New Latin, from Latin vibrāre to vibrate]

ˈvibriˌoid adj

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vib•ri•o

(ˈvɪb riˌoʊ)

n., pl. -ri•os.

any of several comma- or S-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic.

[< New Latin (1854)]

vib′ri•oid`, adj.

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Noun

vibrio - curved rodlike motile bacterium

vibrion

eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

genus Vibrio - a genus of bacteria

comma bacillus, Vibrio comma - comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera

Vibrio fetus - bacteria that cause abortion in sheep

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Although infection with the oysterborne Norwalk-like virus caused no fatalities in this outbreak, raw oyster consumption has been linked in Florida to 30 fatal cases of infection with Vibrio vulnificus during 1981-1992 among persons with preexisting liver disease (6).

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(4), potentially pathogenic clinical-type Vibrio vulnificus isolates (online Technical Appendix Figure 2) (5), non-serotype O1 or O139 cholera toxin-negative V.

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All model parameter estimates are significantly different from zero at the 95% confidence level except for New England landings, which is not significant and the Vibrio vulnificus dummy variable, which is significant at the 90% level.

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