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Genetic variation in the Vibrio vulnificus group 1 capsular polysaccharide operon.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2006
Chatzidaki-Livanis Maria, Jones Melissa K, Wright Anita C
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus produces human disease associated with raw-oyster consumption or wound infections, but fatalities are limited to persons with chronic underlying illness. Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is required for virulence, and CPS expression correlates with opaque (Op) colonies that show "phase variation" to avirulent translucent (Tr) phenotypes with reduced CPS. The results discussed here confirmed...
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