Characterization of a neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of food-borne type E botulism
Year: 1997
Type: article
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.
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Authors: X Meng, T Karasawa, K Zou, X Kuang, X Wang, C Lu, C Wang, K Yamakawa, S Nakamura
Institution: Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products (China)
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1695409441