title: Characterization of a neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of food-borne type E botulism.
abstract: Neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum was isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of clinically diagnosed type E botulism in China. PCR assay showed that the isolate (LCL 155) contained the type E botulinum toxin gene. This appears to be the first report of neurotoxigenic C. butyricum causing food-borne botulism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaerobic Bacteriology, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products, Ministry of Public Health of China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D001906:Botulism / Q000382:microbiology*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins