Summary/Abstract
We report here a complete genome sequence of a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor (Inaba; sequence type 515) strain isolated from a cholera patient in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which showed a complete deletion (∼80 kb) of the Vibrio pathogenicity island 1.
Publication
Microbiology Resource Announcements
Author(s)
Leonid M. Irenge
Jean-François Durant
Jérôme Ambroise
Prudence N. Mitangala
Bertrand Bearzatto
Jean-Luc Gala
Tags
africa
african great lakes region
cholera
democratic republic of the congo
full text open access
molecular epidemiology
molecular microbiology
phylogenetics
vibrio cholerae
Extra
We report here a complete genome sequence of a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor (Inaba; sequence type 515) strain isolated from a cholera patient in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which showed a complete deletion (∼80 kb) of the Vibrio pathogenicity island 1.
Date
2020-6-25
Zotero key
AS2CT2RW
Title
Genome Sequence of a Pathogenic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Strain Defective for the Entire Vibrio Pathogenicity Island 1, Isolated in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo