FIG. 1.
Detection of the C1 toxin gene amplification products in DNA samples isolated from sediments collected at botulism outbreak and nonoutbreak sites. (A) ToxC-384/850R/625 primer combination; (B) ToxC-625/1049R/850R primer combination. Images were generated with Photoshop version 5.02 and Freehand version 7.02 software. Letters and numbers above the lanes are sample designations. NTC, no-template control.