Ancient Clostridium DNA and variants of tetanus neurotoxins associated with human archaeological remains

Abstract The analysis of microbial genomes from human archaeological samples offers a historic snapshot of ancient pathogens and provides insights into the origins of modern infectious diseases. Here, we analyze metagenomic datasets from 38 human archaeological samples and identify bacterial genomic...

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Main Authors: Harold P. Hodgins, Pengsheng Chen, Briallen Lobb, Xin Wei, Benjamin J. M. Tremblay, Michael J. Mansfield, Victoria C. Y. Lee, Pyung-Gang Lee, Jeffrey Coffin, Ana T. Duggan, Alexis E. Dolphin, Gabriel Renaud, Min Dong, Andrew C. Doxey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41174-0