Acquisition and Evolution of SXT-R391 Integrative Conjugative Elements in the Seventh-Pandemic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Lineage
ABSTRACT SXT-R391 Integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) are self-transmissible mobile genetic elements able to confer multidrug resistance and other adaptive features to bacterial hosts, including Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. ICEs are arranged in a mosaic genetic structure comp...
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American Society for Microbiology
2014
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c3864f2a14334048a19a848fa29473e0 |
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