Finished Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Clostridium botulinum Type A(B) Isolates.

ABSTRACT: Clostridium botulinum secretes a potent neurotoxin that causes devastating effects when ingested, including paralysis and death if not treated. In the United States, some clinically significant strains produce toxin type A while also harboring a silent B gene. These are the first two closed genome sequences published for this subset.

SUBMITTER: Halpin JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477396 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature