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Profile of a bacterial tumor killer

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The genome sequence of an engineered Clostridium strain will likely facilitate the development of bacterial cancer therapies.

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Figure 1: Targeting of obligate and facultative anaerobes to tumors.

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Forbes, N. Profile of a bacterial tumor killer. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1484–1485 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1206-1484

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