Bacterium
vibrio mimicus
Subclass of:
Vibrio
Definitions related to vibrio mimicus:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase positive, lipase negative, hemolytic, cannot use sucrose as a carbon source and does not require salt for growth. V. mimicus is a found in marine and fresh water environments and is a pathogen that causes gastroenteritis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus VIBRIO, isolated from SHELLFISH, as well as from human diarrheal stools and ear infections.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio mimicus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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