Hybrid Vibrio vulnificus

The recent emergence of the human-pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus in Israel was investigated by using multilocus genotype data and modern molecular evolutionary analysis tools. We show that this pathogen is a hybrid organism that evolved by the hybridization of the genomes from 2 distinct and independe...

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Main Authors: Naiel Bisharat, Daniel I. Cohen, Rosalind M. Harding, Daniel Falush, Derrick W. Crook, Tim Peto, Martin C. Maiden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0440_article