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. 1997 Aug;35(8):2160-2.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2160-2162.1997.

Characterization of a neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of food-borne type E botulism

X Meng  1 , T Karasawa, K Zou, X Kuang, X Wang, C Lu, C Wang, K Yamakawa, S Nakamura
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Characterization of a neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of food-borne type E botulism

X Meng et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Aug.

Abstract

Neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum was isolated from the food implicated in an outbreak of clinically diagnosed type E botulism in China. PCR assay showed that the isolate (LCL 155) contained the type E botulinum toxin gene. This appears to be the first report of neurotoxigenic C. butyricum causing food-borne botulism.

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