Neurotoxin gene profiling of Clostridium botulinum types C and D native to different countries within Europe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3120-3127

  Woudstra, Cedric ^a   Skarin, Hanna ^b   Anniballi, Fabrizio ^c   Fenicia, Lucia ^c   Bano, Luca ^d   Drigo, Ilenia ^d   Koene, Miriam ^e   Bäyon Auboyer, Marie Hélène ^f   Buffereau, Jean Philippe ^f   De Medici, Dario ^c   Fach, Patrick ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Analysis and Development Laboratory 22   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BOTULINUM; BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HIGH SPECIFICITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOW DENSITY; MACROARRAYS; PCR ASSAY; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; WILD BIRDS;

GENES; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE D;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIRD; CATTLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EUROPE; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861135667     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07568-11     Document Type: Article

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