title: [The isolation and identification of a Clostridium botulinum serotype A strain].
abstract: 319 soil specimens were collected from different places of China for isolating Clostridium botulinum. A strain of Clostridium botulinum was isolated from a culture of soil specimens in Ruoergai of Sichuan Province, the strain was called As-3. The As-3 was identified as Clostridium botulinum serotype A according to its biological properties, biochemical serological and toxicological characteristics and DNA determination. Its DNA G + C mol is 24.9%. The toxin produced by As-3 strain can only be neutralized by type A antiserum.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Sichuan University, Chengdu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D051379:Mice; D012703:Serotyping; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial