Botulinum Toxin Jumps to Ubiquitous Bacterial Family

When not used to stiffen the muscles and smooth out the wrinkles on your face, botulinum toxin is regarded as one of the deadlier substances in the world—so much so that it has been (and most likely still is) used as a biological weapon by many nation states. Yet, until now, scientists only needed to worry about the deadly neurotoxin being produced by a single bacterial species, Clostridium botulinum , most often associated with foodborne illness. Now, a collaborative team of investigators