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Clostridium botulinum group I strain genotyping by 15-locus multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
Fillo Silvia, Giordani Francesco, Anniballi Fabrizio, Gorgé Olivier, Ramisse Vincent, Vergnaud Gilles, Riehm Julia M, Scholz Holger C, Splettstoesser Wolf D, Kieboom Jasper, Olsen Jaran-Strand, Fenicia Lucia, Lista Florigio
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium botulinum is a taxonomic designation that encompasses a broad variety of spore-forming, Gram-positive bacteria producing the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). C. botulinum is the etiologic agent of botulism, a rare but severe neuroparalytic disease. Fine-resolution genetic characterization of C. botulinum isolates of any BoNT type is relevant for both epidemiological studies and forensic microbiology. A...
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