Evidence that the enterotoxin gene can be episomal in Clostridium perfringens isolates associated with non-food-borne human gastrointestinal diseases

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 30 - 36
• Main Authors: Collie, R.E, McClane, B.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 1998
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Chromosome Mapping; Clostridium perfringens - genetics; Clostridium perfringens - pathogenicity; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Enterotoxins - genetics; food contamination; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; human health and safety; Humans; medicine; Microbiology; Plasmids; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Human; Typing; Clostridiales; Genotype; Identification; Strain specificity; Clostridium perfringens; Infection; Plasmid; Toxin; Pulsed field electrophoresis; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; DNA; Food poisoning; Clostridiaceae; Molecular epidemiology; Bacteriosis; Enterotoxin; Digestive diseases; Bacteria
• ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X
• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.30-36.1998

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