| Vibrio alginolyticus alkaline protease | <enzyme> Extracellular enzyme stimulated by histidine and urocanic acid Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: vaa protease (26 Jun 1999) |
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| Vibrio cholerae | <bacteria> Bacterium that causes cholera, the life threatening aspects of which are caused by the exotoxin (see cholera toxin). Short, slightly curved rods, highly motile (single polar flagellum), gram-negative. Adhere to intestinal epithelium (adhesion mechanism unknown) and produce enzymes (neuraminidase, proteases) that facilitate access of the bacterium to the epithelial surface. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Vibrio fluvialis | <bacteria> A species, similar to strains of Aeromonas, associated with diarrhoeal disease in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio furnissii | <bacteria> An aerogenic strain, similar to Vibrio fluvialis, associated with diarrhoeal disease and outbreaks of gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio hollisae | <bacteria> Species which can cause dysentery in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibrio infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus vibrio. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vibrio metschnikovii | <bacteria> A species causing acute enteric disease in chickens and other avian species; also isolated from human stool. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio mimicus | <bacteria> A sucrose-negative strain, similar to Vibrio cholerae, isolated from human stool in diarrhoeal disease and from human ear infections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibrio parahaemolyticus | <bacteria> A species of bacteria found in the marine environment, sea foods, and the feces of patients with acute enteritis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vibrio sputorum | <bacteria> Former name for Campylobacter sputorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio vulnificus | <bacteria> A species capable of causing cutaneous lesions in an cirrhotic or immunocompromised patient; usually contracted from contaminated oysters; also a cause of wound infections, especially those associated with handling of shellfish. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio vulnificus protease | <enzyme> Forms haemorrhagic lesions and causes extensive dermonecrosis; enhances vascular permeability through histamine release and bradykinin generation by activation of the plasma kallikrein -kinin system; immediately inactivated by plasma protein Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- Synonym: vvp protease, vvp gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| Nasik vibrio | An organism differing from the cholera vibrio, being shorter and stouter and less comma-shaped; its cultures are very toxic to laboratory animals on intravenous injections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| El Tor vibrio | A bacterium regarded as a biovar of vibrio cholerae. It was originally isolated from six pilgrims who died of dysentery or gangrene of the colon at the Tor quarantine station on the Sinai Peninsula. (05 Mar 2000) |