Ancient Clostridium DNA and variants of tetanus neurotoxins associated with human archaeological remains
Harold Hodgins, Pengsheng Chen, Briallen Lobb, Xin Wei, Benjamin J.-M. Tremblay, Michael J. Mansfield, Victoria C. Y. Lee, Pyung‐Gang Lee, Jeffrey Coffin, Ana T. Duggan, Alexis E. Dolphin, Gabriel Renaud, Min Dong, Andrew C. Doxey
The paper identifies ancient Clostridium tetani genomes and TeNT variants from archaeological remains, revealing new species and a pathogenic toxin variant.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2022 · PreprintGenomics