With the recently awarded Nobel Prize to the inventor of Phage Display, George Smith, the
technique has once more gained attention. However, one should not forget about the …

Although millions of distinct virus species likely exist, only approximately 9000 are
catalogued in GenBank's RefSeq database. We selectively enriched for the genomes of …

Disease is an increasing threat to reef-building corals. One of the few identified pathogens of
coral disease is the bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus. In Vibrio cholerae, infection by a bacterial …

One of the major pathogenic determinants of Vibrio cholerae, the cholera toxin, is encoded
in the genome of a filamentous phage, CTXφ. CTXφ makes use of the chromosome dimer …

A novel filamentous bacteriophage, designated VEJ φ, was isolated from strain MO45 of
Vibrio cholerae of the O139 serogroup. A molecular characterization of the phage was …

The genesis of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae involves acquisition of CTXϕ, a single-stranded
DNA (ssDNA) filamentous phage that encodes cholera toxin (CT). The phage exploits host …

ABSTRACT CTXΦ, a filamentous vibriophage encoding cholera toxin, uses a unique
strategy for its lysogeny. The single-stranded phage genome forms intramolecular base …

Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) genome is equipped with a number of integrative mobile
genetic element (IMGE) like prophages, plasmids, transposons or genomic islands, which …

Abstract pV VGJΦ, a single-stranded DNA binding protein of the vibriophage VGJΦ was
subject to biochemical analysis. Here, we show that this protein has a general affinity for …

Vibrio cholerae, a bacterium autochthonous to the aquatic environment and introduced into
the human intestine through contaminated water or food, is the etiological agent of the acute …