Recovery of a strain of Clostridium botulinum producing both neurotoxin a and neurotoxin B from canned macrobiotic food

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作者
Franciosa, G [1 ]
Fenicia, L [1 ]
Pourshaban, M [1 ]
Aureli, P [1 ]
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[1] IST SUPER SANITA,LAB ALIMENTI,REPARTO MICROBIOL ALIMENTI,I-00161 ROME,ITALY
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10.1128/AEM.63.3.1148-1150.1997
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A rare strain of Clostridium botulinum subtype Ab was isolated from a canned macrobiotic food suspected of being linked to a fatal case of food-borne botulism. The strain was recovered and identified by conventional methods modified by the inclusion of a PCR assay (G. Franciosa, J. L. Ferreira, and C. L. Hatheway, J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:1911-1917, 1994). The titers of neurotoxins produced by the strain were evaluated by a mouse bioassay.
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