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Vibrio vulnificus
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase positive, hemolytic, halophilic, and can produce acid from arbutin but not from sucrose. V. vulnificus is a marine organism and a pathogen that causes wound infections and septicemia and has a higher rate of mortality than infections caused by other Vibrio species. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio vulnificus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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