Did you know? Seven different toxins are produced by the bacteria and four of which infect us. Sanger Center in collaboration with sequenced the entire genome in 2003. The Bacteria produces a potent neurotoxins-the causitive agent for food-bourne botulisms.

Key Resources Clostridium botulinum at the Microbial Information Center The Pathogenic Clostridia-Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology Information on Botulism from Health Protection Agency Sanger Center: Sequence database of Clostridium botulinum Clostridium botulinum: Multi-Genome Homology comparsion at TIGR Botulinum resource guide at TIGR Clostridium botulinum at the protein databank SCOP page for Clostridium botulinum