The purpose of this study was to examine the culture
supernatants of various strains of Clostridium botulinum
for characteristic extracellular enzymes which can facilitate
their rapid identification.
A convenient, efficient, water-cooled flat gel electrophoretic
unit was utilized to concentrate and purify the
total proteins and extracellular enzymes present in the...
Interest in the distribution of Clostridium botulinum type E
was heightened by the sudden outbreak of human botulism from
smoked whitefish chubs and canned tuna fish in 1963. The question
arose as to how widely the organism is distributed among fish
and shellfish in the Northwest and what potential hazard...