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Genomic diversity among Vibrio cholerae O139 strains isolated in Bangladesh and India between 1992 and 1998.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Mar 2000
Faruque S M, Saha M N, Asadulghani, Bag P K, Bhadra R K, Bhattacharya S K, Sack R B, Takeda Y, Nair G B
Abstract excerpt
In order to assess the extent of genomic diversity among Vibrio cholerae O139 strains, restriction fragment length polymorphisms in two genetic loci, rrn and ctx, were studied. Analysis of 144 strains isolated from different regions of Bangladesh and India between 1992 and 1998 revealed the presence of at least six distinct ribotypes (B-I through B-VI) of which three were new ribotypes, and one of these was...
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