Genome sequence of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae Amazonia

Cristiane C Thompson, Michel A Marin, Graciela M Dias, Bas E Dutilh, Robert A Edwards, Tetsuya Iida, Fabiano L Thompson, Ana Carolina P Vicente

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Abstract

Vibrio cholerae O1 Amazonia is a pathogen that was isolated from cholera-like diarrhea cases in at least two countries, Brazil and Ghana. Based on multilocus sequence analysis, this lineage belongs to a distinct profile compared to strains from El Tor and classical biotypes. The genomic analysis revealed that it contains Vibrio pathogenicity island 2 and a set of genes related to pathogenesis and fitness, such as the type VI secretion system, present in choleragenic V. cholerae strains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5877-8
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume193
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Base Sequence
  • Cholera
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Vibrio cholerae

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