Highly Conserved Alpha-Toxin Sequences of Avian Isolates of Clostridium perfringens

AUTOR(ES)

Sheedy, Scott A.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Clostridium perfringens causes necrotic enteritis in chickens, and alpha-toxin has been suggested to be a key virulence determinant. Analysis of the alpha-toxin of 25 chicken-derived C. perfringens strains demonstrated high homology to mammal-derived strains rather than to the only avian-derived C. perfringens alpha-toxin sequence reported previously.

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