MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Horizontal gene transfer of the pirAB genes responsible for Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) turns a non-Vibrio strain into an AHPND-positive pathogen
S. Muthukrishnan, T. Defoirdt, M. S. Mohamed Din…·N. F. Mohd Ikhsan
This study demonstrates that horizontal gene transfer of pirA and pirB genes from AHPND-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus to a non-Vibrio strain converts it into an AHPND-causing pathogen.
DOI 10.1101/2019.12.20.884320