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MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 15, Issue 3, June 2026.This review discusses bacteriophages' roles in soil ecosystems, highlighting their impact on nutrient cycling, plant health, and soil remediation, as well as animal‐mediated phage dispersal mechanisms. Overall, while bacteriophages have potential biotechnological applications, their negative effects on microbial functions and nutrient cycling highlight
Majid Komijani +4 more
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Infant botulism in Costa Rica: first report from Central America
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014 Introduction: Clostridium botulinum is known to cause descending paralysis in infants throughout the world. Methodology: The subject of this study was a three-month-old Costa Rican boy who was hospitalized because of poor suction and feeding, hypotonia,
Marcela Hernandez-de Mezerville +4 more
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Clostridium botulinum in the Gulf of Thailand [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1979 A survey was carried out to determine the incidence of Clostridium botulinum in samples of mud, sand, and fish from the Gulf of Thailand. Enrichment cultures from 762 samples of mud and sand from seven different areas around the Gulf were tested. C.
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PLoS ONE, 2013 Sanger and shotgun sequencing of Clostridium botulinum strain Af84 type Af and its botulinum neurotoxin gene (bont) clusters identified the presence of three bont gene clusters rather than the expected two. The three toxin gene clusters consisted of bont
Nir Dover +6 more
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Ciência Rural, 2008 Botulismo é uma intoxicação causada pela ingestão das toxinas produzidas pelo Clostridium botulinum, que acomete mamíferos e aves, caracterizando-se por um quadro de paralisia flácida. Neste trabalho, é descrito um caso de botulismo em ganso, ocorrido no
Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato +7 more
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Journal of Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesAvian botulism is a neuromuscular disease that causes paralysis in both wild and captive bird populations. On a global scale, it is probably the most important disease of migratory birds.
P. Shaik Syed Ali
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Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium botulinum. [PDF]
Virulence, 2023 Rawson AM +3 more
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum
EDIS, 2017 Clostridium botulinum is the bacterium that causes botulism. Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, slightly curved, motile, anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium that produces heat-resistant endospores.
Keith R. Schneider +3 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF ENZYME-LINKAGE IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY AGAINST TYPE B OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM: A PRELIMINARY STUDY [PDF]
Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2011 Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin (BoNTs) is one of the causes of economic loss in the livestock industry. This economic loss would be as a direct result when animals poisoned by BoNTs or indirectly when the livestock products are contaminated by BoNTs ...
S. N. Depamede, D. Kisworo
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