In situ detection of the Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin gene in wetland sediments with a nested PCR assay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3240-3243

  Williamson, Judy L ^a   Rocke, Tonie E ^a   Aiken, Judd M ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032976202     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3240-3243.1999     Document Type: Article

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