Serogroup conversion of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic reservoirs

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 0733-0742

  Blokesch, Melanie ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CHITIN; DNA FRAGMENT; EPITOPE; GENOMIC DNA; SEA WATER; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; O ANTIGEN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ADAPTATION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COPEPOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEROTYPING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

COPEPODA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CHITIN; COPEPODA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34347354390     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030081     Document Type: Article

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