An Atypical Clostridium Strain Related to the Clostridium botulinum Group III Strain Isolated from a Human Blood Culture

Philippe Bouvet (1) , Raymond Ruimy (2) , Christiane Bouchier (3) , Nathalie Faucher (4) , Christelle Mazuet (1) , Michel Popoff (1)

1 Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines
2 Hôpital l'Archet
3 Génomique (Plate-Forme) - Genomics Platform
4 AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris]

A nontoxigenic strain isolated from a fatal human case of bacterial sepsis was identified as a Clostridium strain from Clostridium botulinum group III, based on the phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene sequence, and was found to be related to the mosaic C. botulinum D/C strain according to a multilocus sequence analysis of 5 housekeeping genes.

Domains: Toxicology; Genetics; Cellular Biology

Philippe Bouvet, Raymond Ruimy, Christiane Bouchier, Nathalie Faucher, Christelle Mazuet, et al.. An Atypical Clostridium Strain Related to the Clostridium botulinum Group III Strain Isolated from a Human Blood Culture. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014, 52 (1), pp.339 - 343. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00390-13⟩. ⟨pasteur-01766338⟩