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Genetic and phenotypic diversity of quorum-sensing systems in clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2006
Joelsson Adam, Liu Zhi, Zhu Jun
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Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a severe and devastating diarrheal disease. V. cholerae lives naturally in various aquatic habitats during interepidemic periods. Recent studies reveal that quorum-sensing systems, which exist in many bacteria and help them monitor their population densities and regulate various cellular functions, control V. cholerae pathogenesis, biofilm formation, and protease...
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