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Clonal relationships among Clostridium perfringens of porcine origin as determined by multilocus sequence typing.
Veterinary microbiology - 25 Aug 2006
Jost B Helen, Trinh Hien T, Songer J Glenn
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium perfringens is ubiquitous in the environment and the intestinal tracts of most mammals, but this organism also causes gas gangrene and enteritis in human and animal hosts. While expression of specific toxins correlates with specific disease in certain hosts, the other factors involved in commensalism and host pathogenesis have not been clearly identified. A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was...
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