Genome sequence of a proteolytic (Group I) Clostridium botulinum strain Hall A and comparative analysis of the clostridial genomes.

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Published in Genome Res on May 22, 2007

Authors

Mohammed Sebaihia1, Michael W Peck, Nigel P Minton, Nicholas R Thomson, Matthew T G Holden, Wilfrid J Mitchell, Andrew T Carter, Stephen D Bentley, David R Mason, Lisa Crossman, Catherine J Paul, Alasdair Ivens, Marjon H J Wells-Bennik, Ian J Davis, Ana M Cerdeño-Tárraga, Carol Churcher, Michael A Quail, Tracey Chillingworth, Theresa Feltwell, Audrey Fraser, Ian Goodhead, Zahra Hance, Kay Jagels, Natasha Larke, Mark Maddison, Sharon Moule, Karen Mungall, Halina Norbertczak, Ester Rabbinowitsch, Mandy Sanders, Mark Simmonds, Brian White, Sally Whithead, Julian Parkhill

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom;

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