Large-Scale Genomic Analyses and Toxinotyping of Clostridium perfringens Implicated in Foodborne Outbreaks in France

Clostridium perfringens is both an ubiquitous environmental bacterium and the fourth most common causative agent of foodborne outbreaks (FBOs) in France and Europe. These outbreaks are known to be caused by C. perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) encoded by the cpe gene. However, additional information on...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Abakabir Mahamat Abdelrahim, Nicolas Radomski, Sabine Delannoy, Sofia Djellal, Marylène Le Négrate, Katia Hadjab, Patrick Fach, Jacques-Antoine Hennekinne, Michel-Yves Mistou, Olivier Firmesse
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Subjects:	foodborne outbreak Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin virulence gene profiles virulence factors real-time PCR whole genome sequencing
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00777/full