Genetic diversity among Clostridium botulinum Strains Harboring bont/A2 and bont/A3 Genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8712-8718

  Lúquez, Carolina ^a   Raphael, Brian H ^a   Joseph, Lavin A ^a   Meno, Sarah R ^b   Fernández, Rafael A ^c   Maslanka, Susan E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FOUR-GROUP; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE CONTENT; GENE SEQUENCES; GENE VARIANTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PUBLIC DATABASE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

BACTERIUM; DATABASE; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84871007546     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02428-12     Document Type: Article

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