Strain-level heterogeneity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus limits the predictive value of baseline planktonic gene expression for surface-associated phenotypes.

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Vibrio (V.) parahaemolyticus is a ubiquitous marine bacterium that persists in dynamic marine environments through adaptive behaviors including motility and biofilm formation. Gene expression data obtained under planktonic conditions are widely used to infer surface-associated phenotypes, implicitly assuming that such measurements are informative of these behaviors. However, the extent to which this assumption...

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