THE FORMATION OF CL. BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C IN SYMBIOTIC CULTURE

Abstract

The type C botulism agent, isolated from Mink in the USSR, is a symbiotic strain (a mixture of bacilli of two types) and retains its toxigenic properties only in a mixture with the strain-symbiont. Microbe-symbionts, isolated from various strains of the type C botulism agent, possess the ability to reduce sharply the oxidationreduction potential of the medium in the first six hours of cultivation. This facilitates the growth and toxin-formation of these microbes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 17, 1969
Accession Number
AD0683476

Entities

People

  • K. I. Matvyeyev
  • T. I. Bulatova
  • V. S. Samsohnova

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Botulism
  • Electrodes
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
  • Measurement
  • Microorganisms
  • Oxidation
  • Particles
  • Potentiometers
  • Prokaryotes
  • Standards
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology