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A wide variety of Clostridium perfringens type A food-borne isolates that carry a chromosomal cpe gene belong to one multilocus sequence typing cluster.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2012
Xiao Yinghua, Wagendorp Arjen, Moezelaar Roy, Abee Tjakko, Wells-Bennik Marjon H J
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Of 98 suspected food-borne Clostridium perfringens isolates obtained from a nationwide survey by the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority in The Netherlands, 59 strains were identified as C. perfringens type A. Using PCR-based techniques, the cpe gene encoding enterotoxin was detected in eight isolates, showing a chromosomal location for seven isolates and a plasmid location for one isolate. Further...
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