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Differential expression of Vibrio vulnificus capsular polysaccharide.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1999
Wright A C, Powell J L, Tanner M K, Ensor L A, Karpas A B, Morris J G, Sztein M B
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Vibrio vulnificus is a human pathogen whose virulence has been associated with the expression of capsular polysaccharide (CPS). Multiple CPS types have been described; however, virulence does not appear to correlate with a particular CPS composition. Reversible-phase variation for opaque and translucent colony morphologies is characterized by changes in CPS expression, as suggested by electron microscopy of cells...
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