Comparative genomic analyses reveal broad diversity in botulinum-toxinproducing Clostridia

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Williamson, Charles H D ^a   Sahl, Jason W ^a   Smith, Theresa J ^b   Xie, Gary ^c   Foley, Brian T ^d   Smith, Leonard A ^e   Fernández, Rafael A ^f   Lindström, Miia ^g   Korkeala, Hannu ^g   Keim, Paul ^a   Foster, Jeffrey ^a,h   Hill, Karen ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^f FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin; Clostridium botulinum; Comparative genomics; Whole genome sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONT GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MARKER GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85007610608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2502-z     Document Type: Article

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