Vibrio cholerae's mysterious Seventh Pandemic island (VSP-II) encodes novel Zur-regulated zinc starvation genes involved in chemotaxis and autoaggregation
S. G. Murphy, B. A. Johnson, C. M. Ledoux, T. Doerr
This study identifies zinc starvation as an inducer of VSP-II gene expression in V. cholerae, revealing a transcriptional network involving VerA and AerB that drives autoaggregation and aerotaxis.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2021Microbiology