Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio vulnificus is a form of bacteria that can make people ill, as when eating bad clams or oysters, and more in people with a liver disease. Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped (bacillus), pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio. Present in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas, V. vulnificus is related to V. cholerae, as a bacteria which can give people cholera.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Vibrionaceae |
| Genus: | Vibrio |
| Species: | V. vulnificus
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Infection with V. vulnificus leads to rapidly expanding cellulitis or sepsis.[5]: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist.  It was first isolated as a source of disease in 1976.[6] The capsule, made of polysaccharides, is thought to protect against phagocytosis. The observed connection of the infection with liver disease (associated with increased serum iron) might be due to the capability of more virulent strains to capture iron bound to transferrin.[7]
References
- ↑ Study of genetic relationships among marine species of the genera Beneckea and Photobacterium by means of in vitro DNA/DNA hybridization. Arch. Microbiol. 110 (1) (October 1976). p. 101–20. doi:10.1007/bf00416975.
- ↑ Farmer JJ. Vibrio ("Beneckea") vulnificus, the bacterium associated with sepsis, septicaemia, and the sea. Lancet 314 (8148) (October 1979). p. 903. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(79)92715-6.
- ↑ Vibrio species. pp. 263-300 In: Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers. (Doyle MP et al., editors) (2001)ASM Press. ISBN 1-55581-117-5.
- ↑ Oliver JD. Wound infections caused by Vibrio vulnificus and other marine bacteria. Epidemiol Infect 133 (3) (2005). p. 383–91. doi:10.1017/S0950268805003894.
- ↑ James, William D.. Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (2006)Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ↑ Halophilic Vibrio species isolated from blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 3 (4) (April 1976). p. 425–31. doi:10.1128/jcm.3.4.425-431.1976. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ↑ Oxford Handbook of Infect Dis and Microbiol, 2009.