Plasmidome interchange between Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium novyiand Clostridium haemolyticum converts strains of independent lineages into distinctly different pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Skarin, Hanna ^a,b   Segerman, Bo ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAVY CHAIN; LIGHT CHAIN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; VIROLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HAEMOLYTICUM;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907478561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107777     Document Type: Article

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