霍乱弧菌(Vibrio cholerae)是革兰氏阴性菌，菌体短小呈逗点状，有单鞭毛、菌毛，部分有荚膜。共分为155个血清群，其中O1群和O139群可引起霍乱。

医学导航：病菌

细菌（分类）

gr+f／gr+a（t）／gr-p（c／gr-o

药物（J1p、w、n、m、疫苗）

Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. The bacterium's natural habitat is brackish or saltwater. Some strains of V. cholerae cause the disease cholera. V. cholerae is a facultative anaerobe and has a flagellum at one cell pole as well as pili. V. cholerae can undergo respiratory and fermentative metabolism. When ingested, V. cholerae can cause diarrhea and vomiting in a host within several hours to 2-3 days of ingestion. V. cholerae was first isolated as the cause of cholera by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854, but his discovery was not widely known until Robert Koch, working independently 30 years later, publicized the knowledge and the means of fighting the disease.