Vibrio Comma (Noun)
Meaning
Comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The outbreak of Asiatic cholera in the 19th century was linked to a waterborne bacterium called vibrio comma.
- Scientists were studying vibrio comma, the bacteria that cause severe diarrhea in humans, especially during the 1850s.
- It took decades to establish the role of vibrio comma as the cause of cholera pandemics in various parts of the world.
- When examined under the microscope, vibrio comma displayed the distinct curved or comma-like shape.
- This highly contagious nature of vibrio comma required quarantining people suffering from the illness during past epidemics.