Development of enrichment semi-nested PCR for Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E, and F and its application to Korean environmental samples

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-337

  Shin, Na Ri ^a   Yoon, So Yeon ^a   Shin, Ji Hun ^a   Kim, Yun Jeong ^a   Rhie, Gi Eun ^a   Kim, Bong Su ^a   Seong, Won Keun ^a   Oh, Hee Bok ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bontb; Clostridium botulinum; Korea; Sediment; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE SEQUENCE; KOREA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEDIMENT; SEMI NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 38349054769     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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