Clostridium botulinum
Fluorescent antibody reagents for the identification of Clostridium botulinum
... Fluorescent-antibody reagents were prepared against vegetative cells of representative strains of each physiological group and toxin type of Clostridium botulinum known to have caused bo[r] ...
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Genomic Epidemiology of Clostridium botulinum Isolates from Temporally Related Cases of Infant Botulism in New South Wales, Australia
... links. Clostridium botulinum isolates, three of which produced botulism neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A) and one BoNT serotype B (BoNT/B), were characterized using whole-genome sequencing ...C. ...
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Evaluation of a Recombinant Hc of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype F as an Effective Subunit Vaccine
... of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin serotype F (FHc) was designed and completely synthesized with ...C. botulinum neurotoxin serotype F was highly expressed in Escherichia coli with this synthetic ...
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An Atypical Outbreak of Food Borne Botulism Due to Clostridium botulinum Types B and E from Ham
... of botulinum neurotoxin- FIG 4 Circular figure showing the relatedness of the chromosome of strain 84-10 versus those of Eklund 17B (nonproteolytic type B), Alaska E43 (E3), and CDC66177 ...of Clostridium ...
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Application of Clostridium Botulinum Toxin Type D to Control Plateau Zokors in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Pastoral Areas
... C. botulinum in 1897, seven types of ...poisoning. Clostridium botulinum type D causes bovine and mutton poisoning in Africa, North America, and ...two botulinum type D isolations were ...
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Two component signal transduction system CBO0787/ CBO0786 represses transcription from botulinum neurotoxin promoters in Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502
... paralysis. Botulinum neurotoxins are produced by vegetative cultures of the anaerobic spore-forming bacterium Clostridium botulinum which is widespread in the ...infamy, botulinum neurotoxins ...
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Clostridium botulinum Group I Strain Genotyping by 15 Locus Multilocus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
... Clostridium botulinum is a taxonomic designation that encompasses a broad variety of spore-forming, Gram-positive bacteria producing the botulinum neurotoxin ...C. botulinum is the etiologic ...
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Genetic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Associated with Type B Infant Botulism in Japan
... proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type B strains, including 3 isolates associated with infant botulism in Japan, were genetically characterized by phylogenetic analysis of boNT/B gene sequences, genotyping, ...
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Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Strains Associated with an Infant Botulism Case in the United Kingdom
... of Clostridium botulinum spores. Strains of C. botulinum type B were isolated from the baby’s feces and from an opened container of powdered infant for- mula in the household by researchers in the ...
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Interference of the Developing and Toxin Production of Clostridium Botulinum by Lactobacillus Paracasei Subspecies Paracasei
... 12. FENS (2011). XI Congreso de la Federación Europea de Sociedades de Nutrición. Simposio “Microbiota & Probiotics: A life long relationship”. JANO.es Se confirman los beneficios de los probióticos frente a las ...
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Effects of Citrus sinensis Essential Oil and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on the Growth and ToxinProducing Ability of Clostridium botulinum Type A
... In meat curing, nitrite is described as a multifunctional food additive. However, there is growing concern over the carcinogenic effects of nitrite in humans. One approach is to use low concentrations of sodium nitrite, ...
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An Atypical Clostridium Strain Related to the Clostridium botulinum Group III Strain Isolated from a Human Blood Culture
... of Clostridium botulinum D strain 1873 (NZ_ACSJ01000007) were used as the templates for sequence alignment of the clostridial genes, which have been analyzed, and primers were designed for the conserved ...
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Detection of type A, B, and E botulism neurotoxin genes in Clostridium botulinum and other Clostridium species by PCR: evidence of unexpressed type B toxin genes in type A toxigenic organisms
... Detection of Type A, B, and E Botulism Neurotoxin Genes in Clostridium botulinum and Other Clostridium Species by PCR: Evidence of Unexpressed Type B Toxin Genes in Type A Toxigenic Orga[r] ...
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Vaccination with Recombinant Whole Heavy Chain Fragments of Clostridium botulinum Type C and D Neurotoxins
... Clostridium botulinum strains produce immunologically dis- tinct neurotoxins (types A to G) that inhibit the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions and ...
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Invasive slug populations (Arion vulgaris) as potential vectors for Clostridium botulinum
... of Clostridium botulinum type C and its toxins among birds in ...C. botulinum form highly resistant spores that could easily be consumed by the slugs during ...C. botulinum and enrich them, ...
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Purification and Characterization of Botulinum Neurotoxin FA from a Genetically Modified Clostridium botulinum Strain
... ABSTRACT Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by neurotoxigenic clostridial species, are the cause of the severe disease botulism in humans and ...dual-toxin-producing Clostridium botulinum ...
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Recombination and insertion events involving the botulinum neurotoxin complex genes in Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E and F and Clostridium butyricumtype E strains
... Clostridium botulinum is a taxonomic designation for at least four diverse groups of Gram positive spore-forming anaerobic bacteria that produce the most potent naturally occurring toxin known, ...
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Sensitive assay for measurement of antibodies to Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins A, B, and E: use of hapten labeled antibody elution to isolate specific complexes
... The measurement of chicken and human antibodies to Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins A, B, and E was accomplished by affinity isolation of complexes containing these antibodies. By this approach, a mixture ...
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IN SILICO ANALYSIS AND HOMOLOGY MODELING OF TARGET PROTEINS FOR CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
... The completion of genome sequences of pathogenic bacteria and the completion of human genome project has provided lot amount of data that can be utilized to design vaccines and drug targets. Recently adopting strategies ...
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Detection of Clostridium botulinum group III in environmental samples from farms by real time PCR using four commercial DNA extraction kits
... C. botulinum may introduce some ...C. botulinum in environmental samples would provide efficient cell lysis from vegetative cells and spores, remove inhibitors and be ...
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