Vibrio is a genus of ubiquitous bacteria found in a wide variety of aquatic and marine
habitats; of the> 100 described Vibrio spp.,~ 12 cause infections in humans. Vibrio cholerae …

Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems commonly found in bacterial genomes.
They are ancient elements that are a hot spot for genomic complexity, generating phenotypic …

The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and
continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 …

The unique genetic makeup and remarkable competency of Vibrio cholerae are the key
factors that help the cholera pathogen adapt rapidly to adverse environmental conditions …

Natural competence for transformation is a common mode of horizontal gene transfer and
contributes to bacterial evolution. Transformation occurs through the uptake of external DNA …

Approximately 10% of bacterial genomes are split between two or more large DNA
fragments, a genome architecture referred to as a multipartite genome. This multipartite …

Vibrio cholerae is a globally important pathogen that is endemic in many areas of the world
and causes 3–5 million reported cases of cholera every year. Historically, there have been …

Vibrio anguillarum, also known as Listonella anguillarum, is the causative agent of vibriosis,
a deadly haemorrhagic septicaemic disease affecting various marine and fresh/brackish …

Background Although cholera has been present in Latin America since 1991, it had not
been epidemic in Haiti for at least 100 years. Recently, however, there has been a severe …

The function of the Vibrio 7 th pandemic island-1 (VSP-1) in cholera pathogenesis has
remained obscure. Utilizing chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing and RNA …