CRISPR-Cas9-Based Toolkit for Clostridium botulinum Group II Spore and Sporulation Research

The spores of Clostridium botulinum Group II strains pose a significant threat to the safety of modern packaged foods due to the risk of their survival in pasteurization and their ability to germinate into neurotoxigenic cultures at refrigeration temperatures. Moreover, spores are the infectious age...

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Main Authors: Anna Mertaoja, Maria B. Nowakowska, Gerald Mascher, Viivi Heljanko, Daphne Groothuis, Nigel P. Minton, Miia Lindström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.617269/full