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Table 1 Summary of details of Clostridium strains tested in microarray.

From: Independent evolution of neurotoxin and flagellar genetic loci in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

Bacterium and toxin type

Strain

Origin

Location (year)

source

Proteolytic C. botulinum

A1

ATCC 3502

Foodborne botulism? (canned peas)

California, USA (early 1920s)

IFR

A1

NCTC 3805

Environment (bovine)

Nevada, USA (1919)

IFR

A1

VL1

Environment (ham)

Netherlands (1970s)

IFR

A1

16037

Foodborne botulism (canned tomato juice)

Idaho, USA (1974)

IFR

A1

ATCC 25763

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown

IFR

A1

96A

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown

IFR

A1

CDC 1690

Foodborne botulism (home canned spaghetti)

Tennessee, USA (1977)

IFR

A1

NCTC 7272

Environment?

(before 1947)

IFR

A1

17A

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown (1963)

HC

A1

F9801A

Infant botulism (faeces)

Quebec, Canada (1998)

HC

A1

FE0101AJO

Foodborne botulism (faeces)

Quebec, Canada (2001)

HC

A1

FE0205A1AK

Infant botulism (faeces)

Alberta, Canada (2002)

HC

A1

F9604A

Infant botulism (faeces)

Alberta, Canada (1996)

HC

A1

MUL0109ASA

Environment (mullet fish)

Gulf of Kuwait, Kuwait (2001)

HC

A2

NCTC 9837

Foodborne botulism (canned fish)

London, UK (1955)

IFR

A2

ZK3

Environment (ground nuts)

Bedford, UK (1950s)

IFR

A3

NCTC 2012

Foodborne botulism (wild duck paste)

Loch Maree, UK (1922)

IFR

A1(B)

NCTC 11199

Infant botulism (faeces)

Southend, UK (1978)

IFR

A1(B)

CDC 5001

Foodborne botulism (sautéed onions)

Illinois, USA (1983)

IFR

A1(B)

CDC 13280

Foodborne botulism (home canned peppers)

Colorado, USA (1972)

IFR

A1(B)

MDa10

Infant botulism (faeces)

USA (1980s)

IFR

A1(B)

NCTC 2916

Foodborne botulism (canned corn)

Colorado, USA (1929)

IFR

A1(B)

FE0207AMB

Foodborne botulism (faeces)

Ontario, Canada (2002)

HC

A1(B)

FE0303A1YO

Infant botulism (faeces)

Ontario, Canada (2003)

HC

A1(B)

FE9504ACG

Infant botulism (faeces)

Quebec, Canada (1995)

HC

A1(B)

FE9909ACS

Infant botulism (faeces)

Alberta, Canada (1999)

HC

A1(B)

PE0101AJO

Foodborne botulism (pork cutlets)

Quebec, Canada (2001)

HC

A1(B)

FE0602ALS

Infant botulism (faeces)

Alberta, Canada (2006)

HC

A1(B)

CJ0611A

Foodborne botulism (carrot juice)

Ontario, Canada (2006)

HC

A1b

CDC 588

Foodborne botulism (home canned carrots)

Ohio, USA (1976)

IFR

Ba4

CDC 657

Infant botulism (faeces)

Texas, USA (1976)

IFR

A5(B)

H0 4244 0055

Wound botulism (pus)

Sheffield, UK (2004)

IFR

A5(B)

H0 4402 065

Wound botulism (pus)

Dudley, UK (2004)

IFR

A5(B)

H0 4464 107

Wound botulism (wound)

Manchester, UK (2004)

IFR

A5(B)

H0 4068 0341

Wound botulism (wound)

London, UK (2004)

IFR

B

NCTC 7273

Foodborne botulism? (beans?)

UK? (before 1947)

IFR

B

2345

Foodborne botulism/environment?

(before 1970s)

IFR

B

NCTC 3815

Environment? (cheese)?

USA (1930s)

IFR

B

BL81/25

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown

IFR

B

213B

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown

IFR

B

BL 143

Environment (fish)

Bedford, UK (1969)

IFR

B

BL 150

Environment (fish)

Bedford, UK (1970)

IFR

B

CDC 15044

Foodborne botulism (home canned blackberries)

Kentucky, USA (1973)

IFR

B

NCIB 4301

Foodborne botulism/environment?

unknown

IFR

B

CDC 7827

Infant botulism (faeces)

Nevada, USA (1991)

IFR

B

IB1-B

Infant botulism (faeces)

Ontario, Canada (1979)

HC

B

368B

Infant botulism (faeces)

California, USA (1976)

HC

B

920A276

Infant botulism (faeces)

California, USA (1976)

HC

B

FE0507BLP

Infant botulism (faeces)

Ontario, Canada (2005)

HC

B

13441-77

Infant botulism (faeces)

California, USA (1977)

HC

B

MRB

Foodborne botulism (mushrooms)

Quebec, Canada (1973)

HC

Bf

CDC 3281

Infant botulism (faeces)

New Mexico, USA (1980)

IFR

Bf

FE9508BRB

Foodborne botulism (faeces)

Quebec, Canada (1995)

HC

Bf

FE9508BPD

Foodborne botulism (faeces)

Quebec, Canada (1995)

HC

Bf

PA9508B

Foodborne botulism (pâté)

Quebec, Canada (1995)

HC

F

Langeland

Foodborne botulism (liver paste)

Langeland, Denmark (1960)

HC

F

Walls 8G

Environment (crab)

Virginia, USA (1968)

IFR

F

H461297F

Environment (honey)

Wisconsin, USA (1998)

HC

C. sporogenes

 

NCIMB 10696

Environment (soil)

USA (1920s?)

IFR

 

NCDO 1792

Environment (aseptic cheese)

Reading, UK? (1960s?)

IFR

 

NCDO 1710

Gas gangrene

London, UK (1920)

IFR

Non-proteolytic C. botulinum

E

GA9709EHS

Foodborne botulism (gastric liquid)

Quebec, Canada (1997)

HC

E

HNB0804E

Environment (honey)

New Brunswick, Canada (2004)

HC

  1. Source: IFR = IFR culture collection; HC = Health Canada culture collection.