Letter V

Vibrio

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A group of bacteria that includes Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, (a devastating and sometimes lethal disease with profuse watery diarrhea) and Vibrio comma (which is shaped like a comma).

Vibrio move about actively.

The word 'vibrio' in Latin means 'to quiver.'

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