Genomes of Vibrio metoecus co-isolated with Vibrio cholerae extend our understanding of differences between these closely related species.

"availability of data and materials the genome datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available in the genbank repository under bioproject accession number prjna281423. availability of data and materials the genome datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available in the genbank repository under bioproject accession number prjna281423"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNot applicable. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that this study received funding from the Bank of Montréal Financial Group. The funder was not involved in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of this article; and the decision to submit it for publication. Competing interests The authors declare that this study received funding from the Bank of Montréal Financial Group. The funder was not involved in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of this article; and the decision to submit it for publication."

"Funding This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Integrated Microbial Biodiversity program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (to YFB). We also acknowledge additional support through graduate student scholarships from Alberta Innovates—Technology Futures (to FDO and KYHL), the Bank of Montréal Financial Group (to FDO), NSERC (to KYHL), the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Alberta (to NASH), and Alberta Student Aid (to NASH)."