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Serological Subtypes of Botulinal Neurotoxins

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Botulinum and Tetanus Neurotoxins

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The taxonomy of botulinal bacteria, as responsible for synthesizing botulinal neurotoxin (BoNT), embraces three different but interrelated subjects: (1) the systematic of Clostridium botulinum and its physiologic and genetic related bacteria;1 (2) other clostridial species producing BoNT,2,3,4,5 and (3) the BoNT. This toxin has a unique pharmacological action, the blockade of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine release from the nerve terminal.6

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Giménez, D.F., Giménez, J.A. (1993). Serological Subtypes of Botulinal Neurotoxins. In: DasGupta, B.R. (eds) Botulinum and Tetanus Neurotoxins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9542-4_46

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