Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped bacteria in the genus Vibrio, related to Vibrio cholerae, the cause of cholera. It lives in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, and coastal areas, and at least one strain is bioluminescent. Rising seasonal ocean temperatures and low-salinity marine environments favor its concentration in filter-feeding shellfish, and infections in the eastern United States increased eightfold between 1988 and 2018. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikidata: Vibrio vulnificus
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Introduction
Increasing seasonal ocean temperatures and low-salt marine environments like estuaries favor a greater concentration of Vibrio within filter-feeding shellfish; V. vulnificus infections in the Eastern United States have increased eightfold from 1988 to 2018.
In Biome: Estuary, Growth and metabolism
V. vulnificus is usually found in brackish waters, like estuaries, where freshwater mixes with ocean saltwater.
In Group: Gram-Negative Bacteria, Lead
Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped (vibrio), pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Vibrio vulnificus
Child Taxon Of: Vibrionales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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