Do not eat raw seafood and do not swim in salt water with an open cut
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Hugo Reichelt in 1976.
lives inside oysters harvested from warm coastal waters, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
Vibrio is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria with many known species.
The Vibrio genus contains motile, Gram-negative bacteria that are obligate aerobes. Vibrio have a recognizable curved rod-like shape and a single polar flagella located on the ends of the vibrio. Although Vibrio species are non-invasive pathogens, they cause some of the most serious cases of diarrhea and thousands of people die from infection annually.
rodlike
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Vibriosis is a disease caused by an infection with bacteria of the Vibrio genus, most commonly Vibrio parahemolyticus or Vibrio vulnificus.
Vibriosis is caused by eating seafood contaminated with Vibrio parahemolyticus or Vibrio vulnificus.
Like sperm but in a cooler way!
Hugo Reichelt in 1976.
It is in clams in the waters of the gulf of Mexico
Most healthy persons completely recover from diarrhea caused by Vibrio bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus blood infection affects persons with underlying illness
lives inside oysters harvested from warm coastal waters, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
It's free living meaning it doesn't need another organism to survive.
Vibrio cholerae bacteria causes the serious epidemic disease called as 'Cholera'. There is vomiting and loose motion of sudden onset. Typically there is rice water stool. When you do not treat the disease promptly, the disease carries very high mortality.
Stomach mainly but It causes wound infections, gastroenteritis, or a syndrome known as primary septicemia.