The fulminating zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is the causative agent of fatal septicemia
in humans and fish, raising tremendous economic burdens in healthcare and the …

Multicellular communities of adherent bacteria known as biofilms are often detrimental in the
context of a human host, making it important to study their formation and dispersal …

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a seafood-borne pathogen that poses a great threat to public
health worldwide. It is found in either a planktonic cell or a biofilm form in the natural …

Vibrio vulnificus is autochthonous to estuaries and warm coastal waters. Infection occurs via
open wounds or ingestion, where its asymptomatic colonization of seafood, most infamously …

Some marine bacteria can swim at speeds exceeding 50× their body length per second as
they actively seek out fleeting microscale nutrient patches. Yet, even in vast marine …

A transcriptome analysis identified Vibrio vulnificus cabABC genes which were preferentially
expressed in biofilms. The cabABC genes were transcribed as a single operon. The cabA …

Many pathogenic bacteria form biofilms to survive under environmental stresses and host
immune defenses. Differential expression (DE) analysis of the genes in biofilm and …

The mutualistic symbiont Vibrio fischeri builds a symbiotic biofilm during colonization of
squid hosts. Regulation of the exopolysaccharide component, termed Syp, has been …

Vibrio vulnificus has the highest death rate (> 35%) and per‐case economic burden ($3.3
million) of any foodborne pathogen in the United States. Infections occur via open wounds or …

Poor clinical outcomes (disfigurement, amputation, and death) and significant economic
losses in the aquaculture industry can be attributed to the potent opportunistic human …