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Which one of the following is a comma shaped motile bacteria?
Explanation
Vibrio cholerae is gram-negative, curved comma-shaped rod with single polar flagellum conferring darting motility, isolated from rice-water stools. Yersinia pestis is coccobacillus, Brucella melitensis is small coccobacillus nonmotile, and Bacillus anthracis is large nonmotile chain-forming rod with spores.
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