Acquisition and Evolution of SXT-R391 Integrative Conjugative Elements in the Seventh-Pandemic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Lineage

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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Main Authors: Matteo Spagnoletti, Daniela Ceccarelli, Adrien Rieux, Marco Fondi, Elisa Taviani, Renato Fani, Mauro M. Colombo, Rita R. Colwell, François Balloux
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c3864f2a14334048a19a848fa29473e0
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