Biodiversity of clostridium botulinum type e associated with a large outbreak of botulism in wildlife from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1061-1068

  Hannett, George E ^a   Stone, Ward B ^b   Davis, Stephen W ^a   Wroblewski, Danielle ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FISH SPECIES; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; MOUSE BIOASSAY; RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; MAMMALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; FRESH WATER;

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAMMAL; POLYMORPHISM; RELATEDNESS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BOTULISM; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; EPIDEMIC; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; RACCOON; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICE; NEW YORK; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79551469340     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01578-10     Document Type: Article

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