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‖ vibrio|ˈvaɪbrɪəʊ, ˈvɪbrɪəʊ| Pl. vibriones |-ˈəʊniːz| and vibrios. [mod.L., f. L. vibrāre vibrate v.] †1. (With capital initial.) A genus of minute nematode worms; an anguillule. Obs.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. iv. 150 The species of Vibrio found in diseased wheat by M. Bauer is oviparous. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 113/2 The higher organized Vibriones have distinct generative organs, and are ovo⁓viviparous. 2. A group or genus of bacterioid or schizomycetous organisms characterized by vibratory motion; a member of this genus; spec. in Bacteriol., a form of bacterium having vibratile cilia and closely resembling spirilla.
1850Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia IV. 228 With them were also found two species of Vibrio. Ibid., Much higher confervæ..are endowed with inherent power of movement, not very unlike that of the Vibrio. 1870H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 33 The bacteria and the vibrios now exhibit a vibratile or serpentine movement through the surrounding fluid. 1875Payne Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 98 This has been shown to depend upon the presence of a peculiar vibrio which lives on the surfaces of wounds and the bandages. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 95/1 Processes of putrefaction having long been known to be invariably accompanied by the formation of vibriones and other microscopic organisms endowed with voluntary motion. Comb.1871Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. v. 190 In examining the secretion I regularly found..certain vibrio-like bodies in it. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xvii. 281 If the cholera vibrio be the germ of cholera, then such healthy, vibrio-bearing individuals may well suffice to start an epidemic. |