Effect of Dietary Minerals on Virulence Attributes of Vibrio cholerae

Effect of Dietary Minerals on Virulence Attributes of Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio cholerae is a water-borne pathogen responsible for causing a toxin-mediated profuse diarrhea in humans, leading to severe dehydration and death in unattended patients. With increasing reports of antibiotic resistance in V. cholerae, there is a need for alternate interventional strategies for...

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Main Authors: Varunkumar Bhattaram, Abhinav Upadhyay, Hsin-Bai Yin, Shankumar Mooyottu, Kumar Venkitanarayanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Vibrio cholerae
virulence
adhesion
motility
cholera toxin
essential minerals
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00911/full

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