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. 1972 Feb;23(2):427-8.
doi: 10.1128/am.23.2.427-428.1972.

Possible origin of Clostridium botulinum contamination of Eskimo foods in northwestern Alaska

L G Miller, P S Clark, G A Kunkle

Possible origin of Clostridium botulinum contamination of Eskimo foods in northwestern Alaska

L G Miller et al. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Feb.

Abstract

Soils from beaches in northwestern Alaska have been found to contain Clostridium botulinum type E, providing evidence of one environmental source of food contamination.

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