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The low prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in the lakes, marshes and waterways of the Camargue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. R. Smith ,
Caroline J. Moryson  and
J. G. Walmsley
G. R. Smith
Affiliation:
Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW 1
Caroline J. Moryson
Affiliation:
Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW 1
J. G. Walmsley
Affiliation:
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, France
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Mud samples collected in June 1975 from the lakes, marshes and waterways of the Camargue were examined for Clostridium botulinum. The Grand Rhône and Petit Rhone were shown to contain types B and E, but of 44 samples taken from well distributed sites on the Ile de la Carmargue, only two (4·5%) were positive and these contained type E alone. The survey indicated a much lower prevalence of Cl. botulinum than any encountered in recent surveys of inland aquatic environments elsewhere.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 33 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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