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The Enterotoxic Clostridia

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The Prokaryotes

Introduction to the Enterotoxic Clostridia

The anaerobic, nutrient-rich conditions of the mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract provide a relatively attractive niche for many clostridia. Several of those clostridial species also produce toxins with potent activity on the GI tract, enabling them to cause human and/or veterinary enteric diseases (Table 1).

Table 1. Major clostridial species causing human and/or veterinary enteric disease.
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  1. Bruce A. McClane
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  3. Mariano E. Fernandez Miyakawa
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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin Professor Dr. (Editor-in-Chief) (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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McClane, B.A., Uzal, F.A., Fernandez Miyakawa, M.E., Lyerly, D., Wilkins, T. (2006). The Enterotoxic Clostridia. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30744-3_22

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