Levin B R, Tauxe R V
Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Curr Biol. 1996 Nov 1;6(11):1389-91. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(96)00738-5.
The genes coding for cholera toxin are borne on, and can be infectiously transmitted by, a filamentous bacteriophage, raising intriguing questions about the mechanisms and evolution of bacterial pathogenesis, and the taxonomy, epidemiology and control of cholera and other bacterial diseases.