Vibrio vulnificus has the highest death rate and economic burden per case of any foodborne pathogen in the United States. A complete genome sequence of the type strain promotes comparative analyses with other clinical and environmental isolates, improving our understanding of this important human pathogen and successful environmental organism. Copyright © 2017 Rusch and Rowe-Magnus.
Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00907-17
Year: 2017