Vibrios on the Half Shell: What the Walrus and the Carpenter Didn't Know
Authors: PAUL A. BLAKE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1983)

Editorials1 October 1983Vibrios on the Half Shell: What the Walrus and the Carpenter Didn't KnowPAUL A. BLAKE, M.D., M.P.H.PAUL A. BLAKE, M.D., M.P.H.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-4-558 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTwenty years ago vibrios from clinical specimens were commonly placed in two categories:Vibrio cholerae, and a poorly defined group that included all other vibrios—the "non-agglutinable vibrios" or "non-cholera vibrios." Since then, bacteriologists have separated some species (Campylobacter, Aeromonas, andPlesiomonas) from the genusVibrio, teased oneVibriospecies after another from the "non-agglutinable vibrio" conglomeration, and explored the ecology of these species. 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