Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in fishes from markets in Osaka.
A total of 142 samples of different sea foods, mostly fish, were procured from the near-by supermarkets to examine the edible parts for the presence of Clostridium botulinum. Eleven samples (7.7%) seemed to contain this organism. Of these samples, we identified the toxin type in seven; six were type C and the other one type D. Isolation of C. botulinum type C was successful form the six samples but that of type D failed.
D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007564:Japan; D051379:Mice
D001905:Botulinum Toxins