Open AccessGenome 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
Author(s) -
Léonid M. Irenge,
Jean-François Durant,
Jérôme Ambroise,
Prudence Mitangala,
Bertrand Bearzatto,
JeanLuc Gala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00454-20
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , el tor , cholera , strain (injury) , pathogenicity island , biology , vibrio , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogenicity , whole genome sequencing , genome , virology , genetics , gene , bacteria , anatomy
We report here a complete genome sequence of a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor (Inaba; sequence type 515 [ST515]) strain isolated from a cholera patient in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which showed a complete deletion (∼80 kb) of the Vibrio pathogenicity island 1.