ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022
Tracing Foodborne Botulism Events Caused by Clostridium botulinum in Xinjiang Province, China, Using a Core Genome Sequence Typing Scheme.
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Abstract
Foodborne botulism is a rare but life-threatening illness resulting from the action of a potent toxin mainly produced by Clostridium botulinum. It grows in an oxygen-deficient environment and is extremely viable in meat and soy products, making it one of the most virulent bacteria. How to track foodborne botulism events quickly and accurately has become a key issue. Here, we investigated two foodborne botulism events that occurred in Xinjiang in 2019 based on whole-genome sequencing and also successfully traced the relationship between clinical and food C. botulinum isolates using whole-genome core gene markers. All 59 isolates were classified as group I strains. Of the strains isolated in this study, 44 were found to be botulinum toxin A(B), and 15 isolates contained only the toxin B locus. Both the toxin A and B gene segments were located on the chromosome and organized in an ha cluster. Antibiotic resistance and virulence factors were also investigated. A set of 329 universal core gene markers were established using C. botulinum strains from a public database. These core gene markers were applied to the published C. botulinum genomes, and three outbreaks were identified. This work demonstrates that universal core gene markers can be used to trace foodborne botulism events, and we hope that our work will facilitate this effort in future.
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