Pyrosequencing-based comparative genome analysis of Vibrio vulnificus environmental isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Morrison, Shatavia S ^a   Williams, Tiffany ^b   Cain, Aurora ^a   Froelich, Brett ^b   Taylor, Casey ^b   Baker Austin, Craig ^c   Verner Jeffreys, David ^c   Hartnell, Rachel ^c   Oliver, James D ^b   Gibas, Cynthia J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYROSEQUENCING; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEAFOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84861478127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037553     Document Type: Article

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