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Whole genome analysis reveals the diversity and evolutionary relationships between necrotic enteritis-causing strains of Clostridium perfringens.
BMC genomics - 22 May 2018
Lacey Jake A, Allnutt Theodore R, Vezina Ben, Van Thi Thu Hao, Stent Thomas, Han Xiaoyan, Rood Julian I, Wade Ben, Keyburn Anthony L, Seemann Torsten, Chen Honglei, Haring Volker, Johanesen Priscilla A, Lyras Dena, Moore Robert J
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BACKGROUND: Clostridium perfringens causes a range of diseases in animals and humans including necrotic enteritis in chickens and food poisoning and gas gangrene in humans. Necrotic enteritis is of concern in commercial chicken production due to the cost of the implementation of infection control measures and to productivity losses. This study has focused on the genomic analysis of a range of chicken-derived C....
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