Distinguishing highly-related outbreak-associated Clostridium botulinum type A(B) strains

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Table 1 Characteristics of strains used in this study

Outbreak	Reference^a	Strain	Source	Origin	Year isolated	SmaI PFGE pattern	XhoI PFGE pattern
1	This study	CDC28012	Stool	Utah	1973	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	This study	CDC28023	Chili	Utah	1973	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
2	This study	CDC33700	Stool	Florida	1988	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	This study	CDC33702	Seafood pasta	Florida	1988	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
3	This study	CDC37457	Stool^b	Alaska	1982	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	This study	CDC37461	Stool^b	Alaska	1982	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
4	[18]	CDC48719	Stool	Georgia	1993	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	[18]	CDC48761	Swab from cutting board	Georgia	1993	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
5	[19, 20]	CDC52271	Chili sauce	Indiana	2007	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	[19, 20]	CDC52298	Stool	Indiana	2007	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
6	This study	CDC66088	Stool	New York	2011	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	This study	CDC66089	Cooked barley, sausage, cheese	New York	2011	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
7	[21]	CDC67187	Rectal Swab	Arizona	2012	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
	[21]	CDC67190	Pruno	Arizona	2012	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001
NA^c	This study	CDC42961	Unknown^d	Ecuador	1997	DRPS16.0001	DRPX11.0001

^aWhere available, references shown describe a specific outbreak or investigation.
^bStool samples isolated from different individuals with foodborne botulism associated with "stink eggs".
^cNA = not applicable; strain CDC42961 is not epidemiologically associated with any other strain examined in this study.
^dStrain received at CDC as a culture.

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