Genotypic characteristics of representative <i>Vibrio vulnificus</i> strains as assessed by BOX-PCR genomic fingerprinting.

a As shown in Fig 1. b Selected randomly, with the exception of the reference clinical strains CMCP6, MO6-24/O, and YJ016. c Number of strains belonging to each BOX-PCR profile. d C, clinical source; E, environmental source. e Determined according to the methods of Nilsson et al. [37], Han et al. [75], Roche et al. [71], Roig et al. [30], Panicker et al. [72], and Kim et al. [73]. f Not amplified. g PCR amplicon with the expected size. Genotypic characteristics of representative Vibrio vulnificus strains as assessed by BOX-PCR genomic fingerprinting.