Vibrio cholerae Pathogenic Clones

Abstract

We resolved the relationships between 2 pandemic clones of Vibrio cholerae. Using 26 housekeeping genes, we showed that the US Gulf clone, the Australian clone, and 3 El Tor strains isolated before the seventh pandemic were related to the seventh pandemic clone. The sixth pandemic clone was well separated from them.

Keywords

• Vibrio cholerae
• US Gulf Coast strains
• pandemic clones
• evolution
• classical
• El Tor