Characterization of a neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of food-borne type E botulism.
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.
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Department of Anaerobic Bacteriology, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products, Ministry of Public Health of China.
Karasawa
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Zou
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Kuang
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Wang
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Lu
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Wang
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Yamakawa
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Nakamura
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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
D001905:Botulinum Toxins