Bioluminescence in a Strain of the Human Pathogenic Bacterium Vibrio Vulnificus

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 1986 Nov 1

PMID 3789716

Citations 12

Authors

J D Oliver

D M Roberts

V K White

M A Dry

L M Simpson

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Abstract

We report the existence of a bioluminescent strain of the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. The isolate was obtained from blood following a fatal wound infection and thus represents the first description of an infection caused by a luminescent bacterium.

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