Interspecies Conversion of Clostridium botulinum Type C to Clostridium novyi Type A by Bacteriophage
- 1 November 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 186 (4162) , 456-458
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4162.456
Abstract
When Clostridium botulinum type C is cured of its prophage it simultaneously ceases to produce toxin. This nontoxigenic culture can then be converted to another toxigenic bacterial species, Clostridium novyi type A or to toxigenic Clostridium botulinum types C or D, by specific bacteriophages. The toxigenicity and type of toxin produced by these cultures depends upon the continued presence of these bacteriophages.Keywords
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