Table 3.
Details of Group II Clostridium botulinum strains analysed
| Toxin subtype | Strain name |
Isolation details |
Linked to Outbreak | Received from* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Location | Date | ||||
| B4 |
Eklund 17B |
Pacific sediments |
USA |
1965 |
no |
NCIMB |
| B4 |
Eklund 2B |
Pacific sediments |
USA |
1965 |
no |
UR |
| B4 |
Colworth BL151 |
Haddock |
Norway |
1960s? |
no |
UR |
| B4 |
IFR 05/020 |
Scallops |
Canada |
2005 |
no |
IFR |
| B4 |
Hobbs FT50 |
Herring |
UK |
1960s? |
no |
UR |
| B4 |
CDC 3875 |
Human stool from botulism case |
Iceland |
1981 |
yes |
CDC |
| B4 |
CDC 4627 U-1 |
Whey used to pickle/store blood sausage |
Iceland |
1983 |
yes |
CDC |
| B4 |
Kapchunka B2 |
Dried salted whole whitefish [Kapchunka] |
USA |
1981 |
yes |
NFPA |
| B4 |
Kapchunka B5 |
Dried salted whole whitefish [Kapchunka] |
USA |
1981 |
yes |
NFPA |
| B4 |
2129B |
Unknown |
France |
1950s? |
? |
NFPA |
| B4 |
CDC 5900 |
Human stool from botulism case |
Italy |
1986 |
yes |
CDC |
| B4 |
ATCC 17844 |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
? |
UH |
| B4 |
IFR 05/025 |
Dried egg pasta (Fettucine) |
UK |
2005 |
no |
IFR |
| B4 |
IFR 05/029 |
Dried egg pasta (Trucioli) |
UK |
2005 |
no |
IFR |
| E1 |
Beluga |
Fermented Beluga whale [Muktuk] |
USA |
1950 |
yes |
UR |
| E3 |
Foster B96 |
Smoked fish |
USA |
1960s |
? |
UR |
| E1 |
Hazen 36208 |
Labrador smoked salmon |
USA |
1934 |
yes |
NCIMB |
| E3 |
Prevot P34 |
Pond-reared freshwater perch |
France |
1951 |
no |
UR |
| E3 |
Dolman VH |
Pickled herring |
Canada |
1949 |
yes |
CDC |
| E1 |
CDC 7854 |
Dried salted whole mullet [Faseikh] |
Egypt |
1991 |
yes |
CDC |
| E2 |
CDC 8073 |
Human stool from botulism case |
Alaska, USA |
1991 |
yes |
CDC |
| E3 |
IFR 02/050 |
unknown |
UK |
2002 |
No |
IFR |
| E3 |
CB-K-3E |
Rainbow trout surface |
Finland |
1995 |
no |
UH |
| E6 |
CB-K-9E |
Rainbow trout intestines |
Finland |
1995 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-16E |
Rainbow trout intestines |
Finland |
1995 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-18E |
Lake trout intestines |
Finland |
1995 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-19E |
Frozen whitefish roe |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-23E |
Burbot intestines |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-24E |
Burbot surface |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E6 |
CB-K-32E |
Vendace |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-34E |
Frozen whitefish roe |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E6 |
CB-K-36E |
Vacuum-packed cold smoked rainbow trout |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-K-37E |
Vacuum-packed hot smoked whitefish |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E3 |
CB-K-40E |
Vacuum-packed cold smoked rainbow trout |
Finland |
1996 |
no |
UH |
| E1 |
CB-S-3E |
Sediment mud |
Finland |
1995 |
no |
UH |
| ENT |
CB-S-15E |
Fishfarm sediment |
Finland |
1997 |
no |
UH |
| ENT |
CB-S-20E |
Fishfarm sediment |
Finland |
1997 |
no |
UH |
| ENT |
CB-S-27E |
Fishfarm sediment |
Finland |
1997 |
no |
UH |
| F6 |
Eklund 202F |
Pacific sediments |
USA |
1965 |
no |
UR |
| F6 |
Hobbs FT10 |
Atlantic Herring from Moray Firth |
UK |
1970s |
no |
UR |
| F6 |
Craig 610 |
Salmon from Columbia River |
USA |
1965 |
no |
UR |
| F6 |
IFR 06/001 |
Scallops |
Canada |
2006 |
no |
IFR |
| F6 | IFR 06/005 | Scallops | Canada | 2006 | no | IFR |
*Originally from: CDC = C. Hatheway, Centers for Disease Control, USA; IFR = isolated at IFR; NCIMB = National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria, UK; NFPA = V. Scott, National Food Processors Association, USA; UH = M. Lindström, (University of Helsinki, Finland); UR= J. Crowther, Unilever Research, UK.ENT= no toxin gene detected.