An Atypical Outbreak of Food-Borne Botulism Due to Clostridium botulinum Types B and E from Ham

Christelle Mazuet (1) , Jean Sautereau (1) , Christine Legeay (1) , Christiane Bouchier (2) , Philippe Bouvet (1) , Michel Popoff (1)

1 Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines
2 Génomique (Plate-Forme) - Genomics Platform

An outbreak of human botulism was due to consumption of ham containing botulinum neurotoxins B and E. A Clostridium botulinum type E strain isolated from ham was assigned to a new subtype (E12) based on bont/E gene sequencing and belongs to a new multilocus sequence subtype, as analyzed by whole-genome sequencing.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Genetics; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Toxicology; Toxicology and food chain

Christelle Mazuet, Jean Sautereau, Christine Legeay, Christiane Bouchier, Philippe Bouvet, et al.. An Atypical Outbreak of Food-Borne Botulism Due to Clostridium botulinum Types B and E from Ham. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015, 53 (2), pp.722 - 726. ⟨10.1128/JCM.02942-14⟩. ⟨pasteur-01768473⟩