Recombination and insertion events involving the botulinum neurotoxin complex genes in Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E and F and Clostridium butyricumtype E strains

Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum.

Botulinum toxin

Botulinum toxin, or botulinum neurotoxin (Commonly called botox), is a highly potent neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related…