Distribution of Clostridium botulinum type E strains in Nunavik, Northern Quebec, Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 646-654

  Leclair, Daniel ^a,c   Farber, Jeffrey M ^a   Doidge, Bill ^b   Blanchfield, Burke ^a   Suppa, Sandy ^b   Pagotto, Franco ^a   Austin, John W ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; INCIDENCE RATE; LARGE RIVERS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NORTHERN QUEBEC; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK OF CONTAMINATION; ROCK SURFACES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHOCA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; QUEBEC; SEALS, EARLESS;

CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNGAVA BAY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84871905452     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05999-11     Document Type: Article

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