The Vibrio cholerae Type VI Secretion System: Evaluating Its Role in the Human Disease Cholera

Vibrio cholerae, the marine bacterium responsible for the diarrheal disease cholera, utilizes a multitude of virulence factors to cause disease. The importance of two of these factors, the toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP) and cholera toxin (CT), has been well documented for pandemic O1 and epidemic O1...

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Main Authors: Sarah T. Miyata, Maya eKitaoka, Lukasz eWieteska, Christian eFrech, Nansheng eChen, Stefan ePukatzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00117/full