Transfer of cholera toxin genes from O1 to non-O1/O139 strains by vibriophages from California coastal waters

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1015-1022

  Choi, S ^a,b   Dunams, D ^b   Jiang, S C ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Coastal water; Seasonal dynamics; Transduction; Vibrio cholerae; Vibriophage

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; DISEASES; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CALIFORNIA; CHOLERA TOXIN; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; TOXIN GENES; TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

CHOLERA TOXIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; KANAMYCIN;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; DNA; EPIDEMIC; GENE; MARINE POLLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COASTAL WATERS; GENE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOPHAGE; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; NEWPORT BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 76449121194     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04502.x     Document Type: Article

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