Botulism outbreaks in natural environments - an update

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Espelund, Mari ^a   Klaveness, Dag ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Botulism; Clostridium botulinum; Lakes; Serotype; Soil; Spore; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BOTULISM; CLIMATE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 84905169854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00287     Document Type: Review

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