Clostridium sordellii genome analysis reveals plasmid localized toxin genes encoded within pathogenicity loci

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Couchman, Edward C ^a   Browne, Hilary P ^b   Dunn, Matt ^b   Lawley, Trevor D ^b   Songer, J Glenn ^c   Hall, Val ^d   Petrovska, Liljana ^e   Vidor, Callum ^f   Awad, Milena ^f   Lyras, Dena ^f   Fairweather, Neil F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium sordellii; Large Clostridial Cytotoxin; PaLoc; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SIALIDASE; SORDELLILYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLADISTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TCSH GENE; TCSL GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84938988577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1613-2     Document Type: Article

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