Molecular basis of ribotype variation in the seventh pandemic clone and its O139 variant of Vibrio cholerae.

doi:10.1590/s0074-02761998000500007

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Molecular basis of ribotype variation in the seventh pandemic clone and its O139 variant of Vibrio cholerae.

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2000

Lan R, Reeves P R

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Ribotyping has been widely used to characterise the seventh pandemic clone including South American and O139 variants which appeared in 1991 and 1992 respectively. To reveal the molecular basis of ribotype variation we analysed the rrn operons and their flanking regions. All but one variation det...

Topics

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Bacterial
Evolution, Molecular
Genes, Bacterial
Genes, rRNA
Genetic Variation
Recombination, Genetic
Vibrio cholerae

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