Open AccessSXT-Related Integrating Conjugative Element in New World Vibrio cholerae
Author(s) -
Vincent Burrus,
Roberto QuezadaCalvillo,
Joeli Marrero,
Matthew K. Waldor
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.72.4.3054-3057.2006
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , biology , identification (biology) , dna transposable elements , western hemisphere , vibrionaceae , genome , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , evolutionary biology , genetics , geography , bacteria , gene , ecology , transposable element , economic geography
SXT-related integrating conjugative elements (ICEs) became prevalent in AsianVibrio cholerae populations afterV. cholerae O139 emerged. Here, we describe an SXT-related ICE, ICEVch Mex1, in a Mexican environmentalV. cholerae isolate. Identification of ICEVch Mex1 represents the first description of an SXT-related ICE in the Western Hemisphere. The significant differences between the SXT and ICEVch Mex1 genomes suggest that these ICEs have evolved independently.