Not all vibrio bacteria are of the flesh-eating variety. Vibrio is used to describe several species of comma-shaped bacteria in the Vibrionaceae family. The bacteria are commonly found in coastal ...

Vibrio vulnificus naturally lives in warm, salty or brackish water. It comes from the same family as the bacteria that causes cholera. Vibrio can be found in waters around the world. In the US ...

The scientists found that Vibrio bacteria found in the open ocean share ... “All of these things are very important, and may shape the way we sort of determine whether our beaches are safe ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped ... as is the case for Vibrio cholerae or ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued a national alert warning health-care professionals to watch out for infections of Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacteria ...

Image The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is related to the type ... a colossal, crescent-shaped blob of star-forming potential. A Leading Medical Journal is Queried: The New England Journal of ...

We’re tracking a spike of cases of vibrio, a flesh-eating bacteria, after hurricanes Helene and Milton. This flesh-eating bacteria thrives in warm, brackish water and is transferred to people ...

Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, has killed 5 people in Florida this year, according to the state's health department. Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the ...