What is Vibrio cholerae?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Vibrio cholerae'' | image = vibrio_cholerae.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Transmission [[electron microscope]] image | domain = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Proteobacteria]] | classis = Gamma Proteobacteria | ordo = Vibrionales | familia = [[Vibrionaceae]] | genus = ''[[Vibrio]]'' | binomial = ''Vibrio cholerae'' | binomial_authority = Pacini 1854}} '''''Vibrio cholerae''''' is a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] causing the disease [[cholera]]. It is part of the genus ''[[Vibrio]]'', in the family [[Vibrionaceae]]. Like all [[Proteobacteria]], it is [[gram negative]]. ''V. cholerae'' can [[aerobic respiration|respire aerobically]] if [[oxygen]] is present and can switch to [[anaerobic respiration]] if oxygen is not present ([[fermentation]]). {{biology-stub}} [[category:Gram-negative bacteria]]