Emergence of a virulent clade of Vibrio vulnificus and correlation with the presence of a 33-kilobase genomic island.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on July 06, 2007

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Ana Luisa V Cohen1, James D Oliver, Angelo DePaola, Edward J Feil, E Fidelma Boyd

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1: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

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