Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Cholera is an infectious disease which is caused by bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. Vibrio cholerae is a Gram negative, comma shaped bacteria. This bacterium causes watery diarrhea that results in dehydration and severe cases its result in death.
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