Altered Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) in Recent Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated From Cholera Cases, Kolkata, India

Altered Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) in Recent Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated From Cholera Cases, Kolkata, India

The self-transferring integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are large genomic segments carrying several bacterial adaptive functions including antimicrobial resistance (AMR). SXT/R391 family is one of the ICEs extensively studied in cholera-causing pathogen Vibrio cholerae. The genetic charact...

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Main Authors: Anirban Sarkar, Daichi Morita, Amit Ghosh, Goutam Chowdhury, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Keinosuke Okamoto, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
cholera
V. cholerae O1
tetracycline
antimicrobial resistance
multidrug resistance
integrative conjugative element
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02072/full

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