Mechanisms underlying host-specific horizontal transfer of shrimp AHPND virulence plasmid: Vibrio immunity and colonization environment.
Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a highly contagious and lethal shrimp disease caused by Vibrio species harboring the virulence plasmid pAHPND, which encodes pirAB toxin genes. Here, we employed comprehensive comparative genomic and bioinformatic analyses to elucidate the mechanisms that govern the ho...