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Vibrio Cholerae. Karolina Zapal. Classification. Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Vibrionales Family: Vibrionaceae Genus: Vibrio Species: V. cholerae. Shape & Gram-stain. Gram-negative Comma-shaped bacterium
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Vibrio Cholerae Karolina Zapal
Classification • Kingdom: Bacteria • Phylum: Proteobacteria • Class: Gamma Proteobacteria • Order: Vibrionales • Family: Vibrionaceae • Genus: Vibrio • Species: V. cholerae
Shape & Gram-stain • Gram-negative • Comma-shaped bacterium • Polar flagellum that bacteria uses for movement.
Additional Characteristics • Facultative anaerobe, which means the bacteria can survive either with or without oxygen • The genes of a virus have become integrated into the bacterial genome and made the bacteria pathogenic • Some serotypes have capsules while others do not • chemoheterotroph
History • Filippo Pacini discovered the bacteria in 1854 • Not widely known until Robert Koch • The bacteria thrives in a water ecology, particularly surface water.
Health-related issues • Causes cholera, an acute, diarrheal illness that can result in severe dehydration • A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the bacteria. • Casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill • After ingested, the bacteria travels to the small intestine, where it multiplies. Then it produces a toxin that causes diarrhea. • Treated by immediate replacement of the fluid and salts lost through diarrhea (oral rehydration solution)
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