What is it about?
The genome of the V. mimicus isolate SX-4, which carries an intact CTX element from V. cholerae, was sequenced and annotated.
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Why is it important?
Horizontal transfers of virulence-related genes from an uncommon clone of V. cholerae, rather than the seventh pandemic strains, have generated the pathogenic V. mimicus strain carrying cholera toxin genes.
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This page is a summary of: Genome Sequencing Reveals Unique Mutations in Characteristic Metabolic Pathways and the Transfer of Virulence Genes between V. mimicus and V. cholerae, PLoS ONE, June 2011, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021299.
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