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Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in Finnish trout farms: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing reveals extensive genetic diversity among type E isolates.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Hielm S, Björkroth J, Hyytiä E, Korkeala H
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The distribution of Clostridium botulinum serotypes A, B, E, and F in Finnish trout farms was examined. A total of 333 samples were tested with a neurotoxin-specific PCR assay. C. botulinum type E was found in 68% of the farm sediment samples, in 15% of the fish intestinal samples, and in 5% of t...
Topics
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Clostridium botulinum
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Finland
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Variation
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Restriction Mapping
- Soil Microbiology
- Trout