Vibrion (s) - Glossary Of Medical Terms

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Vibrion (s) - Glossary Of Medical Terms
Vibrion (s) - Glossary Of Medical Terms

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Vibrion (s)

Vibrion (s):

  1. [Vibrio, Ber - Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology] - a genus of microorganisms belonging to the Vibrionaceae family, including gram-negative movable rods, straight or curved in the form of a comma, equipped with one or two polarly placed flagella; usually growing on the surfaces of liquid culture media; cholera pathogens belong to vibrios;
  2. (French vibrion, from Latin vibro - wriggle) - a mobile microorganism, curved in the form of a comma.

Allocate vibrio (s):

  • Mechnikov (Metschnikovii; synonym: Mechnikova vibrio) microorganism of the genus Vibrio, similar to cholera vibrio, pathogenic for pigeons and chickens;
  • Cholerae (cholerae) - a species of microorganisms of the genus Vibrio, differentiates from other vibrios by the presence of the somatic antigen OI; is the causative agent of cholera;
  • Cholera-like (synonym: non-agglutinating) - a type of saprophytic vibrios similar in cultural, some biochemical, and morphological properties to cholera vibrios, having a common H-antigen with it, but not agglutinating O-sera;
  • El Tor (Vibrio cholerae var. El Tor) is a biovar of Vibrio cholerae, characterized by resistance to polymyxin B and group IV phage, initiating hemolysis on blood media; is the causative agent of the seventh cholera pandemic.

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