Finished Whole-Genome Sequences of Clostridium butyricum Toxin Subtype E4 and Clostridium baratii Toxin Subtype F7 Strains.
Jessica L HalpinKaren HillShannon Lynn JohnsonDavid Carlton BruceT Brian ShireyJanet K DykesCarolina LúquezPublished in: Genome announcements (2017)
Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii species have been known to produce botulinum toxin types E and F, respectively, which can cause botulism, a rare but serious neuroparalytic disease. Here, we present finished genome sequences for two of these clinically relevant strains.