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Genus of motile, catalase positive, non-lactose-fermenting, glucose-fermenting, oxidase positive Gram-negative bacillus within the family Vibrionaceae
Except for Vibrio cholerae, all are halophilic (needs salt to grow) and associated with saltwater exposures
Includes the following species:
- Vibrio vulnificus, cause of sepsis and necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus, cause of infectious diarrhea
- Vibrio cholerae, cause of cholera
- Vibrio alginolyticus
- Vibrio cincinnatiensis
- Vibrio fluvialis
- Vibrio furnissii
- Vibrio harveyi
- Vibrio metschnikovii
- Vibrio mimicus

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 ===Microbiology===
-*Motile, catalase [[Catalase::positive]], non-lactose-fermenting, oxidase [[Oxidase::positive]] [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]]
+*Genus of motile, catalase [[Catalase::positive]], non-lactose-fermenting, glucose-fermenting, oxidase [[Oxidase::positive]] [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]] within the family [[Family::Vibrionaceae]]
 *Except for [[Vibrio cholerae]], all are halophilic (needs salt to grow) and associated with saltwater exposures
 *Includes the following species:
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 **''[[Vibrio parahaemolyticus]]'', cause of infectious diarrhea
 **''[[Vibrio cholerae]]'', cause of cholera
+**[[Vibrio alginolyticus]]
+**[[Vibrio cincinnatiensis]]
+**[[Vibrio fluvialis]]
+**[[Vibrio furnissii]]
+**[[Vibrio harveyi]]
+**[[Vibrio metschnikovii]]
+**[[Vibrio mimicus]]
 ==Management==