Revisiting bioluminescence and sucrose utilization in aquatic pathogens Vibrio harveyi and V. campbellii using genome-wide in silico mapping and phenotyping

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Revisiting bioluminescence and sucrose utilization in aquatic pathogens Vibrio harveyi and V. campbellii using genome-wide in silico mapping and phenotyping

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