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Gram-negative facultative anaerobic rods

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Vibrio cholerae<br />

• Natural habitat: sea (Banghlades), lives<br />

in copepods (crustacean); dormant<br />

form survives for months in the<br />

sediment of estuaries<br />

• Transmission: water, food (many<br />

bacteria are required for infection)<br />

• Epidemics: often pandemics (prevalent<br />

in India, black Afrika, South-America)

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