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. 2024 Jan 11;12(1):e0256723.
doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02567-23. Epub 2023 Dec 7.

Chironomid association with Vibrio cholerae

Malka Halpern  1   2
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Chironomid association with Vibrio cholerae

Malka Halpern. Microbiol Spectr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Vibrio cholerae; chironomid; egg mass; larvae.

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Vibrio cholerae tagged with GFP, located on the intersegmental membrane of an adult chironomid exoskeleton. The adult chironomid emerged from a bottle in which chironomid larvae were incubated with V. cholerae serogroups O9, O1, or O139 tagged with GFP. The chironomid was examined under an epifluorescent microscope. Here, a dorsal view of three abdominal segments is shown. Adopted with permission from reference (4).
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