Novel <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> Toxin Gene Arrangement with Subtype A5 and Partial Subtype B3 Botulinum Neurotoxin Genes

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Botulinum neurotoxin, the most poisonous substance known and a potential biothreat agent ([1][1]), causes human and animal botulism worldwide ([4][2], [9][3]). This toxin is encoded by the bont gene as part of a cluster that includes nontoxic accessory genes ([10][4]). Two main gene clusters are

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