Possible Origin of Clostridium botulinum Contamination of Eskimo Foods in Northwestern Alaska
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Possible origin of Clostridium botulinum contamination of Eskimo foods in northwestern Alaska.
Soils from beaches in northwestern Alaska have been found to contain Clostridium botulinum type E, providing evidence of one environmental source of food contamination.
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Microbiology
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0003-6919
DOI: 10.1128/am.23.2.427-428.1972