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The absence of a flagellum leads to altered colony morphology, biofilm development and virulence in Vibrio cholerae O139.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Watnick P I, Lauriano C M, Klose K E, Croal L, Kolter R
Abstract excerpt
Throughout most of history, epidemic and pandemic cholera was caused by Vibrio cholerae of the serogroup O1. In 1992, however, a V. cholerae strain of the serogroup O139 emerged as a new agent of epidemic cholera. Interestingly, V. cholerae O139 forms biofilms on abiotic surfaces more rapidly than V. cholerae O1 biotype El Tor, perhaps because regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in V. cholerae O139 differs...
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