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Independent evolution of neurotoxin and flagellar genetic loci in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

BACKGROUND: Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum is the causative agent of botulism, a severe neuroparalytic illness. Given the severity of botulism, surprisingly little is known of the population structure, biology, phylogeny or evolution of C. botulinum. The recent determination of the genome sequenc...

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Autores principales: Carter, Andrew T, Paul, Catherine J, Mason, David R, Twine, Susan M, Alston, Mark J, Logan, Susan M, Austin, John W, Peck, Michael W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19298644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-115