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The rbmBCDEF gene cluster modulates development of rugose colony morphology and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2007
Fong Jiunn C N, Yildiz Fitnat H
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, can undergo phenotypic variation generating rugose and smooth variants. The rugose variant forms corrugated colonies and well-developed biofilms and exhibits increased levels of resistance to several environmental stresses. Many of these phenotypes are mediated in part by increased expression of the vps genes, which are organized into vps-I and vps-II coding...
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