Vibrio cholerae bacterium, which is responsible for causing cholera. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with ...

Vibrio cholerae is a major concern worldwide and usually strikes because of a lack of clean drinking water. But in the U.S., Vibrio parahaemolyticus and vulnificus are more common.

Protein-lipid interaction at low pH induces oligomerization of the MakA cytotoxin from Vibrio cholerae. eLife, 2022; 11 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.73439 ...

Xiaoye Liang, Fatima Kamal, Tong-Tong Pei, Ping Xu, John J. Mekalanos, Tao G. Dong, An onboard checking mechanism ensures effector delivery of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae, ...

References [1] Dynamic transitions of initiator binding coordinate the replication of the two chromosomes in Vibrio cholerae. Nature Communications (2025).

Core and accessory genomic traits of Vibrio cholerae O1 drive lineage transmission and disease severity. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52238-0 ...

More than 80,000 people per year get a Vibrio vulnificus infection according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it is particularly prevalent in shore and coastal waters ...

In the EU, 32 outbreaks caused by Vibrio in seafood were reported from 2010 to 2021, causing 221 cases, of which 57 were hospitalized. 75 Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifications ...

The CDC said many infections from Vibrio vulnificus — which has killed at least 13 this year — are acquired after an open wound is exposed to warm coastal waters.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 08 June 2023 Cholera bacteria turn slime into an offensive weapon Goopy ‘biofilms’ normally serve as a protective shield, but Vibrio cholerae uses them to kill immune cells.

Vibrio vulnificus is one of the bacteria that can cause what’s commonly known as a flesh-eating infection. Of the 150 to 200 Vibrio vulnificus cases reported to the CDC every year, about 1 in 5 ...

In Florida, eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, also called the "flesh-eating" bacteria, and four have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health.