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An atypical outbreak of food-borne botulism due to Clostridium botulinum types B and E from ham.

ABSTRACT: An outbreak of human botulism was due to consumption of ham containing botulinum neurotoxins B and E. A Clostridium botulinum type E strain isolated from ham was assigned to a new subtype (E12) based on bont/E gene sequencing and belongs to a new multilocus sequence subtype, as analyzed by whole-genome sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Mazuet C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4298549 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An atypical outbreak of food-borne botulism due to Clostridium botulinum types B and E from ham.

Mazuet Christelle C Sautereau Jean J Legeay Christine C Bouchier Christiane C Bouvet Philippe P Popoff Michel R MR

Journal of clinical microbiology 20141126 2

An outbreak of human botulism was due to consumption of ham containing botulinum neurotoxins B and E. A Clostridium botulinum type E strain isolated from ham was assigned to a new subtype (E12) based on bont/E gene sequencing and belongs to a new multilocus sequence subtype, as analyzed by whole-genome sequencing. ...[more]

PMID: 25428161

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