Science news articles about 'bacterium clostridium botulinum'

... botulinum neurotoxin type A – the most potent of seven neurotoxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This finding can lead to a very effective drug to stop the devastating effects of ...

... the online journal PLoS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/doi/pone.0002041). Botulinum neurotoxin is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. When ingested, the toxin disables nerve ...

... a study published today in the Nature journal Gene Therapy. Botulism is caused by a bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, which produces toxins that cause paralysis and often death, as the muscles that ...