Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Bacteria. Isn’t It Time that We Called a Species a Species?
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are produced by a diverse set of seven clostridial species, though alternate naming systems have developed over the last 100 years. Starting in the 1950s, a single-species taxonomy where any bacterium producing BoNT would be designated Clostridium botulinum was introduc...
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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-09-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01469-18 |