VIBRIO

(Lat.), n. m. Viab(wi2b)'ri2-o. Gen., -on'is. From vibrare, to shake. Fr., vibrion. An elongated, coiled bacillus (spirillum) having the turns not strongly developed; of some authors, a distinct genus of the Schizomycetes. [a, 35.] Septic v. See BACILLUS cedematis. V. (anguillula) aceti. See RHABDITIS aceti. V. danubicus. Of A. Heider, a v. resembling in appearance the cholera v., found in Danube water. Its growth on gelatin does not resemble that of the cholera v. [a, 34.] V. felinus [Escherich]. *A non-pathogenic spirillum found in intestinal catarrh of the cat. [Virchow (B).] V. Metschnikovi. A bacillus found in the choleraic gastro-enteritis of birds. It resembles Koch's spirillum, but is shorter, thicker, and more curved, {a, 34.] ["Arch, de m6d. exp6r.," iv, p. 661 (a, 50).] V. prolifer. See SPIRILLUM undula. V. proteus [Buchner]. See SPIRILLUM Finkler-Prior.V. rugula. A bacillus occurring (often with Bacillus amylobactes) in marsh water, in faeces, in the deposit on the teeth, etc., under the form of cells 6 to 8 /* long, 0'5 to 2'5 n thick, sometimes united into longer chains matted together. The cells, which have but one bend or at most only flat, spiral turns, rotate rapidly around their long axis. The threads become thicker before spore-formation and, by the development at their extremities of a swelling (which eventually becomes a round spore), a ume the appearance of commas. The organism decomposes cellulose [Prazmowski]. [a, 35.] V. serpens. See SPIRILLUM serpens. V. tritici. See RHABDITIS tritici.V. undula. See SPIRILLUM undula. [s. 714]