Vibrio cholerae

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase and lipase positive, can use a wide variety of sugars as carbon sources, does not require salt for growth, and produces cholera toxin. V. cholerae is the causative agent of cholera.

**Synonyms:** - VIBRIO CHOLERAE - Vibrio comma - Vibrio comma