| Entry | T00112 |
| Org code | ctc |
| Name | Clostridium tetani E88 |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:212717 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Clostridia; Eubacteriales; Clostridiaceae; Clostridium; Clostridium tetani |
| Org group | Bacteria; Clostridia; Eubacteriales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000007625.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Human pathogen, Animal pathogen, Vaccine strain |
| Disease | H00337 Tetanus |
| Comment | Virulent nonsporulating variant of strain Massachusetts used in vaccine production. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AE015927) |
| Plasmid | pE88; Circular (GB: AF528097) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 2432
Number of RNA genes: 72 |
| Created | 2003 |
| Reference | PMID: 12552129 |
| Authors | Bruggemann H, Baumer S, Fricke WF, Wiezer A, Liesegang H, Decker I, Herzberg C, Martinez-Arias R, Merkl R, Henne A, Gottschalk G. |
| Title | The genome sequence of Clostridium tetani, the causative agent of tetanus disease. |
| Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:1316-21 (2003)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0335853100 |
