Serogroup Conversion of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Reservoirs

The environmental reservoirs for Vibrio cholerae are natural aquatic habitats, where it colonizes the chitinous exoskeletons of copepod molts. Growth of V. cholerae on a chitin surface induces competence for natural transformation, a mechanism for intra-species gene exchange. The antigenically diver...

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Autores principales: Blokesch, Melanie, Schoolnik, Gary K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030081

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030081

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