Open AccessCholera toxin gene‐positive Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa and Inaba strains produce the new cholera toxin
Author(s) -
Saha Setarunnahar,
Sanyal S.C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02921.x
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , cholera toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , cholera , toxin , vibrionaceae , biology , virology , bacteria , genetics
Two strains of cholera toxin (CT) gene‐positive Vibrio cholerae O1, Ogawa, isolated from patients with diarrhoea and the hypertoxigenic V. cholerae O1, Inaba (569B), were found to produce the new cholera toxin that has earlier been demonstrated to be elaborated by CT gene‐negative human and environmental isolates of V. cholerae O1. The CT gene‐positive strains produce the new cholera toxin simultaneously with CT, indicating that they contain the gene coding for the new cholera toxin in addition to that of CT.