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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Main Authors: Ashrafus Safa, Jinath Sultana Jime, Farishta Shahel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2020-07-01
Series:AIMS Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/microbiol.2020009/fulltext.html