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The Role of Bacteriophages and Plasmids in the Production of Toxins and Other Biologically Active Substances by Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium novyi

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Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria

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Abstract

Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium novyi are pathogenic anaerobes that are characterized by their ability to produce powerful toxins lethal to man and animals. The different types of C. botulinum are recognized specifically for their ability to produce neurotoxins that are responsible for wound, toxicoinfectious, and food-borne forms of botulism in man and animals. Members of C. novyi do not produce neurotoxins, but they produce other lethal toxins and biologically active substances active in gas gangrene infections found in humans and animals.

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Eklund, M.W. (1993). The Role of Bacteriophages and Plasmids in the Production of Toxins and Other Biologically Active Substances by Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium novyi . In: Sebald, M. (eds) Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7087-5_12

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