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Case Reports
. 1986 Nov;52(5):1209-11.
doi: 10.1128/aem.52.5.1209-1211.1986.

Bioluminescence in a strain of the human pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus

J D Oliver, D M Roberts, V K White, M A Dry, L M Simpson
Case Reports

Bioluminescence in a strain of the human pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus

J D Oliver et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1986 Nov.

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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