Cholera toxin phage: structural and functional diversity between <em>Vibrio cholerae</em> biotypes
Cholera is a severe form of watery diarrhea caused by <em>Vibrio cholerae</em> toxigenic strains. Typically, the toxigenic variants of <em>V. cholerae</em> harbor a bacteriophage, cholera toxin phage, integrated in their genome. The ctxAB genes from the phage genome encode th...
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Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2020-07-01
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Series: | AIMS Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/microbiol.2020009/fulltext.html |