Clostridium perfringens: toxinotype and genotype.
Clostridium perfringens is a ubiquitous pathogen that produces many toxins and hydrolytic enzymes. Because the toxin-encoding genes can be located on extrachromosomal elements or in variable regions of the chromosome, several pathovars have arisen, each of which is involved in a specific disease. Pathovar identification is required for a precise diagnosis of associated pathologies and to define vaccine requirements. For these purposes, toxin genotyping is more reliable than the classical toxinotyping.
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Centre National de Reference des Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Popoff
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D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype
D001427:Bacterial Toxins