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, the agent of cholera, multiplies and colonizes human intestinal tract where it survives high osmolarity due to bile and other sodium salts. In this work, by Tn mutagenesis, a mutant of O1 which could not grow and form colonies on LB agar containing 400 mM NaCl has been characterized. The mutant, designated CD83, adhered normally to freshly isolated rabbit intestinal discs, colonized poorly the gut of infant mice and was avirulent in the same model, whereas the parent strain CD81 would colonize the gut and cause death of mice. Attenuation of virulence of CD83 was not attributable to its inability to produce cholera toxin, as no difference was found in the cholera toxin produced by the mutant and parent strains. Molecular cloning and sequencing of the mutated gene revealed that insertion of transposon occurred in gene (Vc0832) of . Complementation of the mutant with wild-type gene resulted in restoration of the ability to survive at high salt concentration (400 mM NaCl), and to colonize the gut and restore virulence. The results suggest that plays a role in survival of in the small intestine of host as the osmolarity in the intestinal lumen is thought to be equivalent to 300 mM NaCl or higher.

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