Genomic Plasticity of Vibrio cholerae
Int. microbiol
; 20(3): 138-148, sept. 2017. ilus
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in En
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-171332
Responsible library:
ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
ABSTRACT
Vibrio cholerae is one of the deadliest pathogens in the history of humankind. It is the causative agent of cholera, a disease characterized by a profuse and watery diarrhoea that still today causes 95.000 deaths worldwide every year. V. cholerae is a free living marine organism that interacts with and infects a variety of organisms, from amoeba to humans, including insects and crustaceans. The complexity of the lifestyle and ecology of V. cholerae suggests a high genetic and phenotypic plasticity. In this review, we will focus on two peculiar genomic features that enhance genetic plasticity in this bacterium: the division of its genome in two different chromosomes and the presence of the superintegron, a gene capture device that acts as a large, low-cost memory of adaptive functions, allowing V. cholerae to adapt rapidly (AU)
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06-national
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ES
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IBECS
Main subject:
Vibrio cholerae
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Cholera
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Prokaryotic Initiation Factors
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Diarrhea
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Int. microbiol
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article