title: In situ gene expression by Vibrio vulnificus.
abstract: Strains of Vibrio vulnificus incubated in situ in natural estuarine waters during warm months continued to express katG (periplasmic catalase), rpoS (stress sigma factor), tufA (elongation factor), wza, and wzb (capsule synthesis). vvhA (hemolysin) was differentially expressed between environmental and clinical isolates. These results paralleled our in vitro findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; C069567:sigma factor KatF protein, Bacteria