Characterization of Clostridium sp. RKD producing botulinum-like neurotoxin

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-414

  Dixit, Aparna ^a   Dhaked, Ram Kumar ^a   Alam, Syed Imteyaz ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin; Clostridium sp.; Clostridium tetani; Phrenic nerve hemidiaphragm assay

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; NEUROTOXIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 20444426512     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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