Infectious CTXΦ and the vibrio pathogenicity island prophage in Vibrio mimicus: Evidence for recent horizontal transfer between V. mimicus and V. cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1507-1513

  Boyd, E Fidelma ^a   Moyer, Kathryn E ^a   Shi, Lei ^b   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO MIMICUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; VIBRIO; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; MICE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRION;

EID: 0033621639     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1507-1513.2000     Document Type: Article

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