Vibrio fluvialis is a water-borne bacterium first isolated from patients with severe diarrhoea in Bahrain in the 1970s by A. L. Furniss and his colleagues, and is considered to be an emerging pathogen with the potential to have a significant impact on public health. Upon discovery, this organism was considered to be similar to both Vibrio and Aeromonas species, but was ultimately determined to be more closely related to Vibrio. V. fluvialis can be found in salt waters globally and also has the potential to infect both humans and a variety of crustaceans.

Vibrio fluvialis
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Vibrionales
Family: Vibrionaceae
Genus: Vibrio
Species:
V. fluvialis
Binomial name
Vibrio fluvialis
Lee et al., 1981 [1]
Synonyms
  • Allomonas enterica Kalina et al. 1984

References

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  1. ^ J. V. Lee; P. Shread; A. L. Furniss & T. N. Bryant (1981). "Taxonomy and description of Vibrio fluvialis sp. nov. (synonym group F vibrios, group EF6)". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 50 (1): 73–94. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1981.tb00873.x. PMID 6971864.

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