Publications by authors named "Francesca de la Cruz"

Vibrio anguillarum 531A, isolated from a diseased fish in the Atlantic Ocean, is a mixture composed of about 95 and 5% of highly pigmented cells (strain 531Ad) and cells with normal levels of pigmentation (strain 531Ac), respectively. Analysis of the V. anguillarum 531Ad DNA region encompassing genes involved in the tyrosine metabolism showed a 410-bp duplication within the hmgA gene that results in a frameshift and early termination of translation of the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase.

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