<italic toggle="yes">Clostridium sordellii</italic> Pathogenicity Locus Plasmid pCS1-1 Encodes a Novel Clostridial Conjugation Locus

ABSTRACT A major virulence factor in Clostridium sordellii-mediated infection is the toxin TcsL, which is encoded within a region of the genome called the pathogenicity locus (PaLoc). C. sordellii isolates carry the PaLoc on the pCS1 family of plasmids, of which there are four characterized members....

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Main Authors: Callum J. Vidor, Thomas D. Watts, Vicki Adams, Dieter Bulach, Edward Couchman, Julian I. Rood, Neil F. Fairweather, Milena Awad, Dena Lyras
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/74ea1f16e97642ebbde8ef44d3df2957
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