Genome of Clostridium botulinum reveals the background to world's deadliest toxin
...haps the most important tool it has to act out its stealth attacks is its ability to hibernate when times are hard by forming dormant spores. More than 110 of its set of almost 3700 genes are used to control spore formation and germination when opportunity arises. "C. botulinum shows us one extreme o...New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks
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