The sporobiota of the human gut

M Egan, E Dempsey, CA Ryan, RP Ross, C Stanton - Gut microbes, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The human gut microbiome is a diverse and complex ecosystem that plays a critical role in
health and disease. The composition of the gut microbiome has been well studied across all …

[HTML][HTML] Low--water activity foods: increased concern as vehicles of foodborne pathogens

LR Beuchat, E Komitopoulou, H Beckers… - Journal of food …, 2013 - Elsevier
Foods and food ingredients with low water activity (aw) have been implicated with increased
frequency in recent years as vehicles for pathogens that have caused outbreaks of illnesses …

[HTML][HTML] Silage review: animal and human health risks from silage

F Driehuis, JM Wilkinson, Y Jiang, I Ogunade… - Journal of Dairy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silage may contain several agents that are potentially hazardous to animal health, the safety
of milk or other animal food products, or both. This paper reviews published literature about …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium botulinum

AM Rawson, AW Dempster, CM Humphreys… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridium botulinum, a polyphyletic Gram-positive taxon of bacteria, is classified purely by
their ability to produce botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). BoNT is the primary virulence factor …

Laboratory diagnostics of botulism

M Lindstrom, H Korkeala - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Botulism is a potentially lethal paralytic disease caused by botulinum neurotoxin. Human
pathogenic neurotoxins of types A, B, E, and F are produced by a diverse group of anaerobic …

Infant Botulism: In Search of Clostridium botulinum Spores

RA Harris, HA Dabritz - Current Microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Infant botulism is now the most common form of human botulism in Canada and the United
States. Infant botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by ingestion of the spore …

Anaerobic sporeformers and their significance with respect to milk and dairy products

CJ Doyle, D Gleeson, K Jordan, TP Beresford… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sporeforming bacteria are a significant concern for the international dairy industry. Spores
present in milk survive heat treatments and can persist during downstream processing. If …

Public health risk associated with botulism as foodborne zoonoses

C Rasetti-Escargueil, E Lemichez, MR Popoff - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Botulism is a rare but severe neurological disease in man and animals that is caused by
botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridium botulinum and atypical strains from …

Global occurrence of infant botulism, 1976–2006

R Koepke, J Sobel, SS Arnon - Pediatrics, 2008 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. To summarize the worldwide occurrence of reported infant (intestinal toxemia)
botulism cases since first recognition of the disease in 1976. PATIENTS AND METHODS …

PCR detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae in infant formula based on 16S–23S internal transcribed spacer

Y Liu, C Liu, W Zheng, X Zhang, J Yu, Q Gao… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
A PCR detection based on 16S–23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of Klebsiella
pneumoniae was developed in the present study. Nineteen different ITS sequences were …