| Literature DB >> 15774896 |
Brenda L Grau1, Margaret C Henk, Gregg S Pettis.
Abstract
The marine bacterium Vibrio vulnificus is a human pathogen that can spontaneously switch between virulent opaque and avirulent translucent phenotypes. Here, we document an additional form, the rugose variant, which produces copious biofilms and which may contribute both to pathogenicity of V. vulnificus and to its survival under adverse environmental conditions.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15774896 PMCID: PMC1065241 DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2519-2525.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490