Genetic characterization and comparison of Clostridium botulinum isolates from botulism cases in Japan between 2006 and 2011.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on September 05, 2014

Authors

Tsuyoshi Kenri1, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka2, Akihiko Yamamoto3, Masaaki Iwaki3, Takako Komiya3, Takashi Hatakeyama4, Hiroshi Nakajima5, Motohide Takahashi3, Makoto Kuroda2, Keigo Shibayama3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan kenri@niid.go.jp.
2: Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
3: Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
4: Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Miyagi, Japan.
5: Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, Okayama, Japan.

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