[HTML][HTML] Necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens: disease characteristics and prevention using organic antibiotic alternatives–a comprehensive review

ME Abd El-Hack, MT El-Saadony, AR Elbestawy… - Poultry science, 2022 - Elsevier
In line with the substantial increase in the broiler industry worldwide, Clostridium perfringens-
induced necrotic enteritis (NE) became a continuous challenge leading to high economic …

Expansion of the Clostridium perfringens toxin-based typing scheme

JI Rood, V Adams, J Lacey, D Lyras, BA McClane… - Anaerobe, 2018 - Elsevier
Clostridium perfringens causes many different histotoxic and enterotoxic diseases in
humans and animals as a result of its ability to produce potent protein toxins, many of which …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium perfringens

I Mehdizadeh Gohari, M A. Navarro, J Li, A Shrestha… - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridium perfringens is an extremely versatile pathogen of humans and livestock, causing
wound infections like gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis), enteritis/enterocolitis …

The genomic basis of Red Queen dynamics during rapid reciprocal host–pathogen coevolution

A Papkou, T Guzella, W Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Red Queen dynamics, involving coevolutionary interactions between species, are
ubiquitous, shaping the evolution of diverse biological systems. To date, information on the …

Large-Scale Genomic Analyses and Toxinotyping of Clostridium perfringens Implicated in Foodborne Outbreaks in France

A Mahamat Abdelrahim, N Radomski… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clostridium perfringens is both an ubiquitous environmental bacterium and the fourth most
common causative agent of foodborne outbreaks (FBOs) in France and Europe. These …

Whole genome analysis reveals the diversity and evolutionary relationships between necrotic enteritis-causing strains of Clostridium perfringens

JA Lacey, TR Allnutt, B Vezina, TTH Van, T Stent… - Bmc Genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Clostridium perfringens causes a range of diseases in animals and humans
including necrotic enteritis in chickens and food poisoning and gas gangrene in humans …

[HTML][HTML] Clostridium perfringens type A–E toxin plasmids

JC Freedman, JR Theoret, JA Wisniewski… - Research in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Clostridium perfringens relies upon plasmid-encoded toxin genes to cause intestinal
infections. These toxin genes are associated with insertion sequences that may facilitate …

Poultry and beef meat as potential seedbeds for antimicrobial resistant enterotoxigenic Bacillus species: a materializing epidemiological and potential severe health …

KM Osman, AD Kappell, A Orabi, KS Al-Maary… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Although Bacillus cereus is of particular concern in food safety and public health, the role of
other Bacillus species was overlooked. Therefore, we investigated the presence of eight …

A Clostridioides difficile bacteriophage genome encodes functional binary toxin-associated genes

T Riedel, J Wittmann, B Bunk, I Schober, C Spröer… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pathogenic clostridia typically produce toxins as virulence factors which cause severe
diseases in both humans and animals. Whereas many clostridia like eg, Clostridium …

The Tcp conjugation system of Clostridium perfringens

JA Wisniewski, JI Rood - Plasmid, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gram-positive pathogen Clostridium perfringens possesses a family of large
conjugative plasmids that is typified by the tetracycline resistance plasmid pCW3. Since …