Household biowaste containers (bio-bins) - Potential incubators for Clostridium botulinum and botulinum neurotoxins

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 335-341

  Böhnel, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio waste; Central Germany; Clostridium botulinum; Compost; Fly maggot

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; WASTES;

BIO-WASTES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; COMPOST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPOST; CONTAINER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FLY; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; INCUBATOR; LARVA; NONHUMAN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

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

EID: 0036790355     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020169520369     Document Type: Article

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