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Quorum Regulated Resistance of Vibrio cholerae against Environmental Bacteriophages.
Scientific reports - 28 Nov 2016
Hoque M Mozammel, Naser Iftekhar Bin, Bari S M Nayeemul, Zhu Jun, Mekalanos John J, Faruque Shah M
Abstract excerpt
Predation by bacteriophages can significantly influence the population structure of bacterial communities. Vibrio cholerae the causative agent of cholera epidemics interacts with numerous phages in the aquatic ecosystem, and in the intestine of cholera patients. Seasonal epidemics of cholera reportedly collapse due to predation of the pathogen by phages. However, it is not clear how sufficient number of the...
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