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Genomics of Clostridium botulinum group III strains.
Research in microbiology - 1 May 2015
Sakaguchi Yoshihiko, Suzuki Tomonori, Yamamoto Yumiko, Nishikawa Atsushi, Oguma Keiji
Abstract excerpt
In Clostridium botulinum, the characteristics of type C and D strains are quite different from other types, and they are classified as group III. They produce C2 binary toxin and C3 exoenzyme in addition to type C and D neurotoxins. Two different phages and many plasmids are identified in the organisms. The genes of neurotoxin and C3 exoenzyme are converted from toxigenic strains to non-toxigenic strains by the...
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