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Previously, a transposon mutant library for\n                  <jats:italic>V. cholerae<\/jats:italic>\n                  was created to support investigations aimed toward uncovering the genetic determinants of its pathogenesis. However, subsequent sequencing uncovered a mutation in the gene\n                  <jats:italic>luxO<\/jats:italic>\n                  of the parent strain, rendering mutants unable to exhibit high cell density behaviors. In this study, we used chitin-independent natural transformation to move transposon insertions from these low cell density mutants into a wildtype genomic background. Library transfer was aided by a novel gDNA extraction we developed using thymol, which also showed high lysis-specificity for\n                  <jats:italic>Vibrio<\/jats:italic>\n                  . 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