Taxonomic identity of type E botulinum toxin-producing Clostridium butyricum strains by sequencing of a short 16S rDNA region

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-125

  Pourshaban, Manoocheher ^a   Franciosa, Giovanna ^a   Fenicia, Lucia ^a   Aureli, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Clostridium botulinum; Clostridium butyricum; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA 16S; NEUROTOXIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOTULISM; CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD; ITALY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM;

EID: 0037183389     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00849-2     Document Type: Article

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