Molecular insights into the evolutionary pathway of Vibrio cholerae O1 atypical El Tor variants.

Pandemic V. cholerae strains in the O1 serogroup have 2 biotypes: classical and El Tor. The classical biotype strains of the sixth pandemic, which encode the classical type cholera toxin (CT), have been replaced by El Tor biotype strains of the seventh pandemic. The prototype El Tor strains that pro...

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Main Authors: Eun Jin Kim, Dokyung Lee, Se Hoon Moon, Chan Hee Lee, Sang Jun Kim, Jae Hyun Lee, Jae Ouk Kim, Manki Song, Bhabatosh Das, John D Clemens, Jean William Pape, G Balakrish Nair, Dong Wook Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004384