VIBRIO
- any of a genus (Vibrio) of short rigid motile bacteria that are straight or curved rods and include pathogens especially of gastrointestinal diseases (as cholera)
- any of several comma- or S-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals
- any of a genus of bacteria shaped like a comma [n VIBRIOS] : VIBRIOID [adj]
- a bacterium with a slight spiral curve, also VIBRION [n -S]