Application of High-Density DNA Resequencing Microarray for Detection and Characterization of Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Clostridia

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Vanhomwegen, Jessica | Berthet, Nicolas | Mazuet, Christelle | Guigon, Ghislaine | Vallaeys, Tatiana | Stamboliyska, Rayna | Dubois, Philippe | Kennedy, Giulia | Cole, Stewart | Caro, Valerie | Manuguerra, Jean-Claude | Popoff, Michel-Robert | Rie Caro, Valé

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International audience. Clostridium botulinum and related clostridia express extremely potent toxins known as botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) that cause severe, potentially lethal intoxications in humans. These BoNT-producing bacteria are categorized in seven major toxinotypes (A through G) and several subtypes. The high diversity in nucleotide sequence and genetic organization of the gene cluster encoding the BoNT components poses a great challenge for the screening and characterization of BoNT-producing strains.

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