New Corynebacterium Species with the Potential to Produce Diphtheria Toxin

Only three Corynebacterium species are known to produce a lethal exotoxin called diphtheria toxin. These are C. diphtheriae, C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. The diphtheria toxin gene (tox) is carried in a family of closely related corynebacteriophages and therefore the toxin can be produced o...

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Autores principales: Prygiel, Marta, Polak, Maciej, Mosiej, Ewa, Wdowiak, Karol, Formińska, Kamila, Zasada, Aleksandra Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9693595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36365015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111264

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9693595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36365015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111264

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