Identification of novel pathogenicity loci in Clostridium perfringens strains that cause avian necrotic enteritis.

Type A Clostridium perfringens causes poultry necrotic enteritis (NE), an enteric disease of considerable economic importance, yet can also exist as a member of the normal intestinal microbiota. A recently discovered pore-forming toxin, NetB, is associated with pathogenesis in most, but not all, NE...

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Main Authors: Dion Lepp, Bryan Roxas, Valeria R Parreira, Pradeep R Marri, Everett L Rosey, Joshua Gong, J Glenn Songer, Gayatri Vedantam, John F Prescott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2879425?pdf=render