Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Bacteria. Isn’t It Time that We Called a Species a Species?

ABSTRACT 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...

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Main Authors: Theresa Smith, Charles H. D. Williamson, Karen Hill, Jason Sahl, Paul Keim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1499d1f1a5094f49bce6aa582fa2f0ef
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