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Table 3 Details of Group II Clostridium botulinum strains analysed

From: Genomic and physiological variability within Group II (non-proteolytic) Clostridium botulinum

Toxin subtype

Strain name

Isolation details

Linked to Outbreak

Received from*

Source

Location

Date

B4

Eklund 17B

Pacific sediments

USA

1965

no

NCIMB

B4

Eklund 2B

Pacific sediments

USA

1965

no

UR

B4

Colworth BL151

Haddock

Norway

1960s?

no

UR

B4

IFR 05/020

Scallops

Canada

2005

no

IFR

B4

Hobbs FT50

Herring

UK

1960s?

no

UR

B4

CDC 3875

Human stool from botulism case

Iceland

1981

yes

CDC

B4

CDC 4627 U-1

Whey used to pickle/store blood sausage

Iceland

1983

yes

CDC

B4

Kapchunka B2

Dried salted whole whitefish [Kapchunka]

USA

1981

yes

NFPA

B4

Kapchunka B5

Dried salted whole whitefish [Kapchunka]

USA

1981

yes

NFPA

B4

2129B

Unknown

France

1950s?

?

NFPA

B4

CDC 5900

Human stool from botulism case

Italy

1986

yes

CDC

B4

ATCC 17844

unknown

unknown

unknown

?

UH

B4

IFR 05/025

Dried egg pasta (Fettucine)

UK

2005

no

IFR

B4

IFR 05/029

Dried egg pasta (Trucioli)

UK

2005

no

IFR

E1

Beluga

Fermented Beluga whale [Muktuk]

USA

1950

yes

UR

E3

Foster B96

Smoked fish

USA

1960s

?

UR

E1

Hazen 36208

Labrador smoked salmon

USA

1934

yes

NCIMB

E3

Prevot P34

Pond-reared freshwater perch

France

1951

no

UR

E3

Dolman VH

Pickled herring

Canada

1949

yes

CDC

E1

CDC 7854

Dried salted whole mullet [Faseikh]

Egypt

1991

yes

CDC

E2

CDC 8073

Human stool from botulism case

Alaska, USA

1991

yes

CDC

E3

IFR 02/050

unknown

UK

2002

No

IFR

E3

CB-K-3E

Rainbow trout surface

Finland

1995

no

UH

E6

CB-K-9E

Rainbow trout intestines

Finland

1995

no

UH

E1

CB-K-16E

Rainbow trout intestines

Finland

1995

no

UH

E1

CB-K-18E

Lake trout intestines

Finland

1995

no

UH

E1

CB-K-19E

Frozen whitefish roe

Finland

1996

no

UH

E1

CB-K-23E

Burbot intestines

Finland

1996

no

UH

E1

CB-K-24E

Burbot surface

Finland

1996

no

UH

E6

CB-K-32E

Vendace

Finland

1996

no

UH

E1

CB-K-34E

Frozen whitefish roe

Finland

1996

no

UH

E6

CB-K-36E

Vacuum-packed cold smoked rainbow trout

Finland

1996

no

UH

E1

CB-K-37E

Vacuum-packed hot smoked whitefish

Finland

1996

no

UH

E3

CB-K-40E

Vacuum-packed cold smoked rainbow trout

Finland

1996

no

UH

E1

CB-S-3E

Sediment mud

Finland

1995

no

UH

ENT

CB-S-15E

Fishfarm sediment

Finland

1997

no

UH

ENT

CB-S-20E

Fishfarm sediment

Finland

1997

no

UH

ENT

CB-S-27E

Fishfarm sediment

Finland

1997

no

UH

F6

Eklund 202F

Pacific sediments

USA

1965

no

UR

F6

Hobbs FT10

Atlantic Herring from Moray Firth

UK

1970s

no

UR

F6

Craig 610

Salmon from Columbia River

USA

1965

no

UR

F6

IFR 06/001

Scallops

Canada

2006

no

IFR

F6

IFR 06/005

Scallops

Canada

2006

no

IFR

  1. *Originally from: CDC = C. Hatheway, Centers for Disease Control, USA; IFR = isolated at IFR; NCIMB = National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria, UK; NFPA = V. Scott, National Food Processors Association, USA; UH = M. Lindström, (University of Helsinki, Finland); UR= J. Crowther, Unilever Research, UK.ENT= no toxin gene detected.