Prevalent chromosome fusion in Vibrio cholerae O1
Aline Cuénod, Denise Chac, Ashraful Islam Khan, Fahima Chowdhury, Randy W. Hyppa, Susan M. Markiewicz, Amelia Rice, Akhil Kholwadwala, Stephen B. Calderwood, Edward Thomas Ryan, Jason B. Harris, Regina C. LaRocque, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Gerald R. Smith, Firdausi Qadri, , B. Jesse Shapiro
The paper reports chromosome fusions in clinical V. cholerae O1 isolates, showing stable transmission between patients within a household.
Nature Communications · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology