Whole genome analysis reveals the diversity and evolutionary relationships between necrotic enteritis-causing strains of Clostridium perfringens

Whole genome analysis reveals the diversity and evolutionary relationships between necrotic enteritis-causing strains of Clostridium perfringens

Abstract Background Clostridium perfringens causes a range of diseases in animals and humans including necrotic enteritis in chickens and food poisoning and gas gangrene in humans. Necrotic enteritis is of concern in commercial chicken production due to the cost of the implementation of infection co...

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Main Authors: Jake A. Lacey, Theodore R. Allnutt, Ben Vezina, Thi Thu Hao Van, Thomas Stent, Xiaoyan Han, Julian I. Rood, Ben Wade, Anthony L. Keyburn, Torsten Seemann, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Priscilla A. Johanesen, Dena Lyras, Robert J. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens
Necrotic enteritis
Capsule
Adhesion
Prophage
Genome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4771-1

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