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Vibrio cholerae
(bacterium)

Pathogens

Vibrio cholerae is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium in the Vibrionaceae family.

It triggers cholera (highly infectious acute diarrhoeal disease).

Transmission mainly occurs via contaminated water and food respectively.

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Rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli) — Curved, straight or bean-shaped: bacilli come in many variants and are widely spread.

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