Molecular Characterization and Toxin-Typing of Clostridium difficile Isolates of Dogs and Pigs from Assam and Mizoram of North East India

B. Das*, R. K. Sharma, P. Borah, S. Das, L. M. Barkalita, R. K. Mandakini Devi and B. C. Baishya Department of Microbiology, and Department of Animal Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati 781 022, India Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781 014, India Department of Microbiology, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizwal, Mizoram 796 014, India Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati 781 022, India

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