Killing the killers

Elife. 2014 Sep 2:3:e04168. doi: 10.7554/eLife.04168.

Abstract

The bacteria that infect humans and cause cholera are themselves infected by viruses, which have the potential to influence the course of a cholera infection.

Keywords: OmpU; ToxR; Vibrio cholerae; bacteriophage; cholera; phage predation.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteriophages / genetics*
  • Cholera / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Vibrio cholerae / pathogenicity*
  • Vibrio cholerae / virology*