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Molecular subtyping of Clostridium botulinum by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2015
Lúquez Carolina, Joseph Lavin A, Maslanka Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has been extensively used to estimate the genetic diversity of Clostridium botulinum. In addition, PFGE is the standard method for investigating foodborne outbreaks associated with various enteric pathogens, including C. botulinum. PFGE can be used to exclude a suspected but not confirmed food source when the patterns of the food and clinical isolates are different....
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