Vibrio
See also: vibrio
Translingual
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
- 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,.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Bacteria - kingdom, Proteobacteria - phylum, Gamma Proteobacteria - class, Vibrionales - order, Vibrionaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Vibrio cholerae - type species; Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio alginolyticus - selected other species; for other species see
References
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