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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).
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| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Vibrionales |
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| Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 | |
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