Bioluminescence in a strain of the human pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus.
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.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D049449:Luminescence; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids; D014733:Vibrio / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*