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The Family Vibrionaceae

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The family Vibrionaceae contains a variety of very important organisms (Table 1). The type genus for the family is Vibrio and the type species is Vibrio cholerae, an organism that has killed millions of people during numerous devastating epidemics of cholera that terrorized most parts of the world. The family Vibrionaceae includes several species that cause intestinal tract and extraintestinal infections in both humans and animals. Many of the species of Vibrionaceae are widely distributed in the environment, where they contribute to the cycling of organic and inorganic compounds. Species of Vibrionaceae have also been widely used in physiological, biochemical, molecular biology, and pathogenicity studies (Baumann and Baumann, 1981; Baumann and Schubert, 1984; Hastings and Nealson, 1981). There are many literature citations for some of the species, but only a few for others (Table 1).

Table 1. Nomenclature and classification of members of the family Vibrionaceae; and related organisms; guide to the literature.
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  1. Department of Microbiology University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, 196, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

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  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

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Farmer, J.J. (2006). The Family Vibrionaceae. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30746-X_17

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