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A rapid and simple PCR analysis indicates there are two subgroups of Vibrio vulnificus which correlate with clinical or environmental isolation.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Rosche Thomas M, Yano Yutaka, Oliver James D
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Vibrio vulnificus is an estuarine bacterium which is the causative agent of both food-borne disease and wound infection. Although V. vulnificus is commonly found in molluscan shellfish at high numbers, the incidence of disease is relatively low, leading to the hypothesis that not all strains of V. vulnificus are equally virulent. Unfortunately, there is currently no easy test to identify virulent strains of this...
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