Definition of vibrio in English:
vibrio
nounPlural vibrios ˈvɪbrɪəʊˈvʌɪbrɪəʊˈvɪbriˌoʊ
Medicine A water-borne bacterium of a group that includes some pathogenic kinds that cause cholera, gastroenteritis, and septicaemia.
Vibrio and related genera; motile Gram-negative bacteria occurring as curved flagellated rods
Example sentencesExamples
- In a recent incident, a particularly virulent South American strain of the bacteria vibrio parahaemoliticus, a relative of cholera, was tied to more than 400 cases of serious human illness across 13 states.
- Current research in molecular biology is aimed at finding out why cholera vibrios are such potent pathogens.
- The main causes are pathogenic bacteria, such as enterotoxin e. coli, campylobacter jejuni, shigella, salmonella and vibrio, that enter the body from contaminated food and drinking water.
- It normally lives in warm seawater and is part of a group of vibrios that are called ‘halophilic’ because they require salt.
- Cholera vibrios release a poison that damages the lining of the intestine so that it leaks fluids and salts, and as a result, the patient is intensely dehydrated.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Latin vibrare 'vibrate'.