Organization of the CTX prophage in environmental isolates of Vibrio mimicus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 779-784

  Islam, Mohammad Sirajul ^a,e   Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur ^a   Khan, Sirajul Islam ^b   Mahmud, Zahid Hayat ^a   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^c   Nair, Gopinath Balakrish ^a   Sack, Richard Bradley ^d   Sack, David Allen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ctx gene; Environment; Genetic element; Vibrio mimicus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 24744444519     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03668.x     Document Type: Article

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