Classification of hybrid and altered Vibrio cholerae strains by CTX prophage and RS1 element structure.
Analysis of the CTX prophage and RS1 element in hybrid and altered Vibrio cholera O1 strains showed two classifiable groups. Group I strains contain a tandem repeat of classical CTX prophage on the small chromosome. Strains in this group either contain no element(s) or an additional CTX prophage or RS1 element(s) on the large chromosome. Group II strains harbor RS1 and CTX prophage, which has an E1 Tor type rstR and classical ctxB on the large chromosome.
Lee
Je Hee
JH
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul 151-919, Republic of Korea.
Choi
Seon Young
SY
Jeon
Yoon-Seong
YS
Lee
Hye Ri
HR
Kim
Eun Jin
EJ
Nguyen
Binh Minh
BM
Hien
Nguyen Tran
NT
Ansaruzzaman
M
M
Islam
M Sirajul
MS
Bhuiyan
Nurul A
NA
Niyogi
S K
SK
Sarkar
B L
BL
Nair
G Balakrish
GB
Kim
Dae Shick
DS
Lopez
Anna Lena
AL
Czerkinsky
Cecil
C
Clemens
John D
JD
Chun
Jongsik
J
Kim
Dong Wook
DW
D002771:Cholera / Q000382:microbiology; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D039002:Prophages / Q000235:genetics*; D041241:Vibrio cholerae O1 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002772:Cholera Toxin