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Rapid identification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by whole-cell matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2009
Hazen Tracy H, Martinez Robert J, Chen Yanfeng, Lafon Patricia C, Garrett Nancy M, Parsons Michele B, Bopp Cheryl A, Sullards M Cameron, Sobecky Patricia A
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a pathogenic marine bacterium that is the main causative agent of bacterial seafood-borne gastroenteritis in the United States. An increase in the frequency of V. parahaemolyticus-related infections during the last decade has been attributed to the emergence of an O3:K6 pandemic clone in 1995. The diversity of the O3:K6 pandemic clone and its serovariants has been examined using...
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