Article
Development of real-time PCR tests for detecting botulinum neurotoxins A, B, E, F producing<i>Clostridium botulinum</i>,<i>Clostridium baratii</i>and<i>Clostridium butyricum</i>
9 Mar 2009
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To develop real-time PCR assays for tracking and tracing clostridia responsible for human botulism. METHODS AND RESULTS: Real-time PCR assays based on the detection of the genes ntnh encoding the nontoxin-nonhaemagglutinin (NTNH) proteins or the most homologous regions of the botulinum neurotoxin (bont) genes have been developed together with four real-time PCR assays, each being specific of the genes...
