TABLE 1.

V. vulnificus strains used in this study

Strain	Isolation source	Genotypea	16S rRNAf
CMCP6	Clinical, blood	C	B
MO6-24b	Clinical, blood	C	B
JY1701	Environment, oyster	E	A
JY1305	Environment, oyster	E	A
CVD737c	Translucent mutant	C	B
C7184d	Clinical, blood	C	B
C7184ΩAe	pilA mutant	C	B
C7184ΩDe	pilD mutant	C	B

^aGenotypes were determined by identification of the virulence-correlated gene (4).

^bParental wild-type strain of translucent CPS transposon mutant (21).

^cTranslucent transposon mutant that cannot synthesize CPS (21).

^dParental wild-type strain of type IV pilus mutants.

^eType IV pilin mutant (39, 52).

^fTyping according to polymorphisms in the 16S rRNA gene (9, 12).