Botulinum Neurotoxins: Still a Privilege of Clostridia?
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potent bacterial toxins mostly produced by genetically diverse clostridial strains. Recently, BoNT variants have been reported in non-clostridial strains. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zhang et al. (2018) describe a novel BoNT in Entecoccus faecium. Botu...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Cell host & microbe 2018-02, Vol.23 (2), p.145-146 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potent bacterial toxins mostly produced by genetically diverse clostridial strains. Recently, BoNT variants have been reported in non-clostridial strains. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zhang et al. (2018) describe a novel BoNT in Entecoccus faecium.
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potent bacterial toxins mostly produced by genetically diverse clostridial strains. Recently, BoNT variants have been reported in non-clostridial strains. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zhang et al. (2018) describe a novel BoNT in Entecoccus faecium. |
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ISSN: | 1931-3128 1934-6069 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chom.2018.01.014 |