Unique organization of the CTX genetic element in Vibrio cholerae O139 strains which reemerged in Calcutta, India, in September 1996

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Sharma, C
Maiti, S
Mukhopadhyay, AK
Basu, A
Basu, I
Nair, GB
Mukhopadhyaya, R
Das, B
Kar, S
Ghosh, RK
Ghosh, A
机构
[1] INST MICROBIAL TECHNOL,CHANDIGARH 160036,INDIA
[2] NATL INST CHOLERA & ENTER DIS,CALCUTTA,W BENGAL,INDIA
[3] INDIAN INST CHEM BIOL,CALCUTTA 700032,W BENGAL,INDIA
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10.1128/JCM.35.12.3348-3350.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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We studied the restriction fragment length polymorphism of the rRNA gene and CTS genetic element in Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal, which resurged in Calcutta in September 1996 after a gap of 32 months. While the strains from this resurgence were indistinguishable from the earlier strains by ribotyping, the structure of the CTX genetic element present in the current O139 strains was found to be unconventional.
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