Design and Construction of Vibrio cholerae Strains That Harbor Various CTX Prophage Arrays

Design and Construction of Vibrio cholerae Strains That Harbor Various CTX Prophage Arrays

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains arise upon infection and integration of the lysogenic cholera toxin phage, the CTX phage, into bacterial chromosomes. The V. cholerae serogroup O1 strains identified to date can be broadly categorized into three main groups: the classical biotype strains, which harb...

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Main Authors: Hyun J. Yu, Da S. R. Cha, Dong-Hun Shin, Gopinath B. Nair, Eun J. Kim, Dong W. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Vibrio cholerae
CTX phage
CTX array
cholera toxin
cholera vaccine
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00339/full

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