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Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 26;3(2). doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00237-15.

Whole-Genome Sequence of Clostridium botulinum A2B3 87, a Highly Virulent Strain Involved in a Fatal Case of Foodborne Botulism in Italy.

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Francesco Giordani, Silvia Fillo, Anna Anselmo, Anna Maria Palozzi, Antonella Fortunato, Bernardina Gentile, Valentina Pittiglio, Ferdinando Spagnolo, Fabrizio Anniballi, Alfonsina Fiore, Bruna Auricchio, Dario De Medici, Florigio Lista

Affiliations

  1. Histology and Molecular Biology Section Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy.
  2. National Reference Center for Botulism, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
  3. Histology and Molecular Biology Section Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy [email protected].

PMID: 25814616 PMCID: PMC4384156 DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00237-15

Abstract

Here, we report the genome sequence of a rare bivalent strain of Clostridium botulinum, A2B3 87. The strain was isolated from a foodborne botulism case that occurred in Italy in 1995. The case was characterized by rapid evolution of the illness and failure of conventional treatments.

Copyright © 2015 Giordani et al.

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