II. Characteristics
- Facultative Anaerobic Gram Negative Rods
III. Types: Vibrio (motile with single polar flagellum)
- Vibrio Cholerae
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Vibrio vulnificus (raw oyster ingestion)
IV. Types: Aeromonas (motile with single polar flagellum)
- Aeromonas Hydrophila
- Aeromonas shigelloides
V. Types: Campylobacter (motile with single polar flagellum)
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Campylobacter jejuni
- Common cause of Gastroenteritis
- Campylobacter fetus
- Foodborne Illness in Immunocompromised hosts and may infect prosthetic materials, cause Meningitis