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. 1995 May;63(5):2087–2091. doi: 10.1128/iai.63.5.2087-2091.1995

The genes for the Clostridium botulinum type G toxin complex are on a plasmid.

Y Zhou 1, H Sugiyama 1, H Nakano 1, E A Johnson 1
PMCID: PMC173270  PMID: 7729925

Abstract

Clostridium botulinum type G produces a toxin complex that is composed of neurotoxin, hemagglutinin, and nontoxic nonhemagglutinin. The three genes encoding these proteins were closely linked on a plasmid of about 114 kb (76 MDa) but not on chromosomal DNA. In contrast to the genes of other C. botulinum serotypes, the genes encoding type G toxin are on a plasmid.

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