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Genomic evolution of Vibrio cholerae.
Current opinion in microbiology - 1 Oct 2010
Cho Yong-Joon, Yi Hana, Lee Je Hee, Kim Dong Wook, Chun Jongsik
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholera, the causal agent of cholera, also occupies an autochthonous aquatic inhabitant. The current, seventh cholera pandemic is linked to O1 El Tor biotype and O139 serogroups. In the last decades, we have witnessed a shift involving genetically and phenotypically varied pandemic clones in Asia and Africa. Recent comparative genomic studies have identified a large 'mobilome', or composed of mobile...
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