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Manganese is an additional cation that enhances colonial phase variation of Vibrio vulnificus.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Oct 2015
Kaluskar Zelam M, Garrison-Schilling Katherine L, McCarter Kevin S, Lambert Bliss, Simar Shelby R, Pettis Gregg S
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Vibrio vulnificus, an inhabitant of marine and estuarine environments around the world, is the leading cause of reported seafood-related deaths in the United States. Disease is caused by opaque colony-forming strains that produce capsular polysaccharide, loss of which results in an unencapsulated translucent phenotype with diminished virulence potential. Rugose is a third phenotypic variant of V. vulnificus, and...
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