Table 2.

Main species of Vibrio and their occurrence in human clinical specimens^a.

Main species	Occurrence in human clinical specimens
	Intestinal	Extra-intestinal
Vibrio alginolyticus	+	++
Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139	+++++	+
Vibrio cholerae non O1 or O139	++	++
Aliivibrio fischeri (Vibrio fischeri)	−	−
Vibrio fluvialis	++	−
Vibrio furnissii	++	−
Vibrio harveyi	−	+
Grimontia hollisae (Vibrio hollisae)	++	−
Vibrio mimicus	++	+
Vibrio natriegens	−	−
Vibrio parahaemolyticus	++++	+
Vibrio vulnificus	+	+++

^aAdapted from [7,8]. Nomenclature according to [9]. The symbols give the relative frequency of each organism in human clinical specimens, and apply to the whole World, rather than to a particular country.