What is the etymology of the term Vibrio carchariae?
The species was first isolated from a Brown Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) http://www.springerlink.com/content/p675… The sharks Genus name seems to derive from the greek “karcharos” =sharpen + “rhinos”=nose Though it appears carcharias/karcharos may also mean a type of shark in Greek http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySu… The further reference (45335) on taxonomy in the above link has not been published to the web “Vibrio” has its root in the Latin to vibrate.
