Corynebacterium ulcerans 0102 carries the gene encoding diphtheria toxin on a prophage different from the C. diphtheriae NCTC 13129 prophage

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Akihiko ^a   Komiya, Takako ^a   Kenri, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Fumihiko ^a   Shibayama, Keigo ^a   Takahashi, Motohide ^a,b   Kuroda, Makoto ^a   Iwaki, Masaaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL DEVICES AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Diphtheria; Horizontal gene transfer; Toxin gene; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 84860819769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-72     Document Type: Article

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