Identification of Novel Linear Megaplasmids Carrying a ß-Lactamase Gene in Neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum Type E Strains

• Giovanna Franciosa ,

  * E-mail: giovanna.franciosa@iss.it

  Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Concetta Scalfaro,

  Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Paola Di Bonito,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasytic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Marco Vitale,

  Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Paolo Aureli

  Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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