N5 : Vibrio cholerae O1 biovar El Tor str. N16961; (Bangladesh, 1971)
Vibrio cholerae O1 biovar El Tor str. N16961
Clinical isolate, strain N16961, from 1971 cholera outbreak in Bangladesh.  Cultured on thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose (TCBS) agar, and subsequently subcultured and stabbed in Amies clear transport medium.