Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Parallel evolution of two clades of a major Atlantic endemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus pathogen lineage by independent acquisition of related pathogenicity islands
F. Xu, N. Gonzalez-Escalona, K. P. Drees…·C. A. Whistler
The paper investigates how two clades of Vibrio parahaemolyticus evolved independently through acquisition of distinct pathogenicity islands, contributing to increased infections in the Northeast US.
DOI 10.1128/aem.01168-17