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Gene Organization and Sequence Determination of the Two Botulinum Neurotoxin Gene Clusters in Clostridium botulinum Type A(B) Strain NCTC 2916

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The gene organization and nucleotide sequence of the type A and B BoNT-gene clusters in Clostridium botulinum strain NCTC 2916 were studied. The aim was to clarify the organization of genes within C. botulinum type A strains possessing an unexpressed BoNT/B gene. The BoNT/A-gene cluster includes genes encoding BoNT, NTNH and a part of P-47 (the gene for this protein was reported in strains of C. botulinum types E and F). Clustered with the silent BoNT/B gene were genes encoding NTNH, P-21 and HA-33. Sequencing analysis of the NTNHs revealed the presence of 471 amino acids identical in the type B and A gene clusters. This gene organization contrasts markedly with the purported organization in strain NCTC 2916 described by Henderson et al. (FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 140, 151–158). In type A(B) strain NCTC 2916, the neurotoxin gene is of type BoNT/A1 within a gene cluster that has identical organization to that found in BoNT/A2 type strains; these observations may be significant in establishing the origin of the BoNT-gene cluster.

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Received: 28 July 1997 / Accepted: 15 October 1997

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Rodríguez Jovita, M., Collins, M. & East, A. Gene Organization and Sequence Determination of the Two Botulinum Neurotoxin Gene Clusters in Clostridium botulinum Type A(B) Strain NCTC 2916. Curr Microbiol 36, 226–231 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900299

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