Classification of hybrid and altered Vibrio cholerae strains by CTX prophage and RS1 element structure

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-788

  Lee, Je Hee ^a,b   Choi, Seon Young ^a,b   Jeon, Yoon Seong ^a,b   Lee, Hye Ri ^a   Kim, Eun Jin ^a   Nguyen, Binh Minh ^c   Hien, Nguyen Tran ^c   Ansaruzzaman, M ^d   Islam, M Sirajul ^d   Bhuiyan, Nurul A ^d   Niyogi, S K ^e   Sarkar, B L ^e   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Kim, Dae Shick ^f   Lopez, Anna Lena ^a   Czerkinsky, Cecil ^a   Clemens, John D ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a,b   Kim, Dong Wook ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Altered strain; Biotype; CTX prophage; Hybrid strain; RS1 element; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PROPHAGES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 75949097840     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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