El Tor vibrio
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El Tor vib·ri·o
a bacterium regarded as a biovar of Vibrio cholerae. It was originally isolated from six pilgrims who died of dysentery or gangrene of the colon at the Tor quarantine station on the Sinai Peninsula.
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El Tor vib·rio
(el tōr vibrē-ō) Bacterium regarded as a biovar of Vibrio cholerae. It was originally isolated from six pilgrims who died of dysentery or gangrene of the colon at the Tor quarantine station on the Sinai Peninsula.
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