Table 1

Genotypes and virulence phenotypes of the V. vulnificus strains whose genomes were sequenced in this study*.

Strain

Source

Biotype

MLST*

vcg*

rrn

rep-PCR*

Skin Infection

Liver Infection/Death

M06-24/O

Clinical

1

2

C

B

8

+

+

99-520 DP-B8

Oyster

1

1

E

AB

7

+

-

99-738 DP-B5

Oyster

1

1

E

A

7

+

+

ATCC 33149

Eel

2

1

E

A

5

-

-

*Virulence data for biotype 1 strains are from Thiaville, P.C., et al. (Infect. Immun., submitted) and for ATCC 33149 are from this study. MLST, vcg, and rep-PCR data are from Mahmud, et al. [83]. rrn data for biotype 1 strains are from Thiaville, P.C., et al. (Infect. Immun., submitted) and for ATCC 33149 are from Vickery et al. [84].

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