Molecular gene profiling of Clostridium botulinum Group III and its detection in naturally contaminated samples originating from various European Countries

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2495-2505

  Woudstra, Cedric ^a   Le Maréchal, Caroline ^b,c   Souillard, Rozenn ^b,c   Bayon Auboyer, Marie Hélène ^d   Anniballi, Fabrizio ^e   Auricchio, Bruna ^e   De Medici, Dario ^e   Bano, Luca ^f   Koene, Miriam ^g   Sansonetti, Marie Hélène ^h   Desoutter, Denise ^h   Hansbauer, Eva Maria ⁱ   Dorner, Martin B ⁱ   Dorner, Brigitte G ⁱ   Fach, Patrick ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d LABOCEA   (France)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h LNC Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory   (New Caledonia)

ⁱ ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMMON ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC EVOLUTION; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SEQUENCE IDENTITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BIOASSAY; DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POPULATION GENETICS;

EUROPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925357086     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03915-14     Document Type: Article

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