Causes cholera: Vibrio cholerae is a gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium.V. Cholerae secretes cholera toxin, a protein that causes profuse, watery diarrhea.Cholera infections are most commonly acquired from drinking water in which v. Cholerae is found naturally or into which it has been introduced from the feces of an infected person. Other common vehicles include contaminated fish and shellfish, produce, or le.
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