Vibrio cholerae MJ-1236

Vibrio_cholerae
Names Vibrio cholerae MJ-1236
Accession numbers NC_012667, NC_012668
Background Vibrio species represent a significant portion of the culturable heterotrophic bacteria of oceans, coastal waters and estuaries. Various species of this genus are devastating pathogens for finfish, shellfish and mammals. A Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, V.cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera, a severe diarrheal disease that occurs most frequently in epidemic form. Cholera has been epidemic in southern Asia for at least 1000 years; epidemics are usually associated with poor sanitary conditions. Vibrio cholerae as a species includes both pathogenic and non pathogenic strains that vary in their virulence and gene content. There are 2 major serogroups that cause epidemic cholera, O1 and O139. Serogroup O1 is further classified into two biotypes, classical and El Tor, and into two major serotypes, Inaba and Ogawa.Strain MJ-1236 was isolated in Matlab, Bangladesh during a cholera epidemic in 1994, that is it is part of the seventh pandemic (7P) clade in a newly suggested nomenclature. It is an O1 Inaba serogroup, El Tor biotype phenotype, but with classical biotype CTX prophage. (HAMAP: VIBCJ)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Proteobacteria
Class:Gammaproteobacteria
Order:Vibrionales
Family:Vibrionaceae
Genus:Vibrio
Species:cholerae
Strain MJ-1236
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (03-MAR-2009) Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439, USA
(04-MAY-2009) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger, 454
Isolation site Matlab, Bangladesh, 1994
Isolation country Bangladesh
Number of replicons 2
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Bacilli
Mobility No
Flagellar presence Yes
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements Facultative
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat Aquatic
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name Homo sapiens
Cell arrangement Singles
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism NA
Energy source Heterotroph
Diseases Cholera
Pathogenicity Yes