Closing Clostridium botulinum Group III Genomes Using Long-Read Sequencing

Cedric Woudstra, Tommi Mäklin, Yagmur Derman, Luca Bano, Hanna Skarin, Christelle Mazuet, Antti Honkela, Miia Lindström

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Abstract

Clostridium botulinum group III is the anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium producing the deadly neurotoxin responsible for animal botulism. Here, we used long-read sequencing to produce four complete genomes from Clostridium botulinum group III neurotoxin types C, D, C/D, and D/C. The protocol for obtaining high-molecular-weight DNA from C. botulinum group III is described.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere01364-20
JournalMicrobiology Resource Announcements
Volume10
Issue number22
Number of pages4
ISSN2576-098X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

  • 11832 Microbiology and virology
  • 113 Computer and information sciences
  • PHAGE

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