Clostridium botulinum secretes a potent neurotoxin that causes devastating effects when ingested, including paralysis and death if not treated. In the United States, some clinically significant strains produce toxin type A while also harboring a silent B gene. These are the first two closed genome sequences published for this subset. Copyright © 2017 Halpin et al.
Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00381-17
Year: 2017