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A new PCR followed by MboI digestion for the detection of all variants of the Clostridium perfringens cpb2 gene.
Veterinary microbiology - 18 Mar 2008
van Asten Alphons J A M, Allaart Janneke G, Meeles Arjan D, Gloudemans Peggy W J M, Houwers Dirk J, Gröne Andrea
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Clostridium perfringens which is a causative agent of several diseases in animals and humans is capable of producing a variety of toxins. Isolates are typed into five types on the basis of the presence of one or more of the four major toxins genes, i.e. cpa, cpb, etx, and iap. A decade ago another toxin termed beta2 (beta2) and its gene (cpb2) were identified. Two alleles of cpb2 are known and a possible link...
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