Finished Whole-Genome Sequences of Clostridium butyricum Toxin Subtype E4 and Clostridium baratii Toxin Subtype F7 Strains

Jessica L Halpin; Karen Hill; Shannon L Johnson; David Carlton Bruce; T Brian Shirey; Janet K Dykes; Carolina Lúquez

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00375-17

Finished Whole-Genome Sequences of Clostridium butyricum Toxin Subtype E4 and Clostridium baratii Toxin Subtype F7 Strains

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 20;5(29):e00375-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00375-17.

Authors

Jessica L Halpin¹, Karen Hill², Shannon L Johnson², David Carlton Bruce², T Brian Shirey³, Janet K Dykes³, Carolina Lúquez³

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA JLHalpin@cdc.gov.
² Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii species have been known to produce botulinum toxin types E and F, respectively, which can cause botulism, a rare but serious neuroparalytic disease. Here, we present finished genome sequences for two of these clinically relevant strains.