Comparison of Clostridium botulinum genomes shows the absence of cold shock protein coding genes in type e neurotoxin producing strains

Botulinum Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 189-207

  Söderholm, Henna ^a   Jaakkola, Kaisa ^a   Somervuo, Panu ^a   Laine, Pia ^a   Auvinen, Petri ^a   Paulin, Lars ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

botulism; Clostridium botulinum; cold shock protein; cold tolerance mechanism; comparative genomics; core genome; CSP coding genes; food safety; functional studies; genome sequences; genomic comparison; neurotoxins; orthologous genes; pangenome

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN E; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CODE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84881399824     PISSN: 17547326     EISSN: 17547318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/TBJ.2013.055662     Document Type: Article

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