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An ace up the sleeve of the cholera bacterium

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A bacteriophage mediates the horizontal transfer of virulence genes between Vibrio cholerae with broad implications for the emergence of pathogenic strains.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, USA

    Stephen H. Richardson & Daniel J. Wozniak

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Richardson, S., Wozniak, D. An ace up the sleeve of the cholera bacterium. Nat Med 2, 853–855 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0896-853

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