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. 2011 May;193(9):2351-2.
doi: 10.1128/JB.00072-11. Epub 2011 Mar 4.

Complete genome sequence of the proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type A5 (B3') strain H04402 065

Andrew T Carter  1 , Bruce M Pearson, Lisa C Crossman, Nizar Drou, Darren Heavens, David Baker, Melanie Febrer, Mario Caccamo, Kathie A Grant, Michael W Peck
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Complete genome sequence of the proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type A5 (B3') strain H04402 065

Andrew T Carter et al. J Bacteriol. 2011 May.

Abstract

H04402 065 is one of a very small group of strains of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum that form type A5 neurotoxin. Here, we report the complete 3.9-Mb genome sequence and annotation of strain H04402 065, which was isolated from a botulism patient in the United Kingdom in 2004.

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