biology

Vibrio cincinnatiensis

Vibrio cincinnatiensis is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vibrio cincinnatiensis rather than just read about it. In short: Vibrio cincinnatiensis is a species of gram-negative bacteria. It was named after Cincinnati, Ohio, where it was first isolated and characterized.

Key takeaways

Vibrio cincinnatiensis belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Vibrio cincinnatiensis to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Vibrio cincinnatiensis from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Vibrio cincinnatiensis is a species of gram-negative bacteria. It was named after Cincinnati, Ohio, where it was first isolated and characterized. It is rarely isolated from human specimens. In 2019, V. cincinnatiensis accounted for only 0.07% of all confirmed cases of vibriosis in the United States.

Description Vibrio cincinnatiensis is a halophilic, facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod, 0.7 by 2.0 μm in diameter. This organism is oxidase positive and catalase positive. Cells are motile by a single polar flagellum. V. cincinnatiensis produces yellow colonies on TCBS agar, indicating sucrose fermentation.

Clinical significance Vibrio cincinnatiensis is listed as a pathogenic member of Vibrionaceae. However, due to the low number of reported cases and the broad diversity of disease presentation, this bacterium's status as a human enteric or wound pathogen is unclear. V. cincinnatiensis was first isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of a 70-year-old male at the University of Cincinnati Hospital in 1986. The patient had no known contact with seafood or seawater. Therapy was begun with ampicillin followed by moxalactam. The patient's uneventful recovery represented the first successful treatment of Vibrio sp. meningitis in an adult. V. cincinnatiensis has also been isolated from the stool of a patient experiencing gastroenteritis.

Ecology Similar to other members of the Vibrionaceae family, V. cincinnatiensis is most commonly isolated from marine and aquatic environments. This bacterium was isolated from several bodies of water including the Chesapeake Bay, Adriatic Sea, and Ota River. In all these studies, V. cincinnatiensis represented only a small fraction of the total resident Vibrio populations. V. cincinnatiensis has been isolated from the droppings of urban crows.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vibrio cincinnatiensis

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vibrio cincinnatiensis claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vibrio cincinnatiensis before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vibrio cincinnatiensis ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vibrio cincinnatiensis

In research: Vibrio cincinnatiensis appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vibrio cincinnatiensis in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vibrio cincinnatiensis is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacteria described in 1986, Gammaproteobacteria stubs, Gram-negative bacteria, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vibrio cincinnatiensis outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Vibrio cincinnatiensis in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Vibrio cincinnatiensis in simple terms?

Vibrio cincinnatiensis is a species of gram-negative bacteria. It was named after Cincinnati, Ohio, where it was first isolated and characterized.

Why does Vibrio cincinnatiensis matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Vibrio cincinnatiensis?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Vibrio cincinnatiensis.