Polyphyletic origin of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 as revealed by sequence-based analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Sanjuan E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020543 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
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Polyphyletic origin of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 as revealed by sequence-based analysis.
Sanjuán Eva E González-Candelas Fernando F Amaro Carmen C
Applied and environmental microbiology 20101119 2
A sequence-based analysis of seven housekeeping and virulence-related genes shows that the species Vibrio vulnificus is subdivided into three phylogenetic lineages that do not correspond with the biotypes and that biotype 2 is polyphyletic. These results support the reclassification of biotype 2 as a pathovar that would group the strains with pathogenic potential to develop vibriosis in fish. ...[more]
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