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Vibrio cholerae

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Vibrio cholerae
Transmission electron microscope image
Scientific classification
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Class:
Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:
Vibrionales
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Binomial name
Vibrio cholerae
Pacini 1854

Vibrio cholerae is a bacterium causing the disease cholera. It is part of the genus Vibrio, in the family Vibrionaceae. Like all Proteobacteria, it is gram negative. V. cholerae can respire aerobically if oxygen is present and can switch to anaerobic respiration if oxygen is not present (fermentation).