FORMATION OF CL. BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C IN A SYMBIOTIC CULTURE,

Abstract

The type C botulism causative agent, isolated from mink in the USSR, is a symbiotic strain (mixture of bacilli of two species) and preserves its toxigenic properties only in a mixture with a strain-symbiont. Microbe-symbionts, isolated from various strains of the type C botulism causative agent, possess the capability to sharply reduce the oxidation-reduction potential of a medium in the first 6 hours of cultivation. This promotes the growth and toxin formation of these microbes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0675712

Entities

People

  • Konstantin I. Matveev
  • T. I. Bulatova
  • V. S. Samsonova

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Botulism
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemically-Induced Disorders
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Food Poisoning
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Neuromuscular Agents
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Oxidation
  • Peripheral Nervous System Agents
  • Pharmacologic Actions

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