Mengxuan Li, Ying Wang, Bingyu Hou, Yibao Chen, Ming Hu, Xiaonan Zhao, Qing Zhang, Lulu Li, Yanbo Luo, Yuqing Liu, Yumei Cai
Clostridium perfringens is a zoonotic opportunistic pathogen that produces toxins that can cause necrotic enteritis and even "sudden death disease". This bacterium is widely distributed in the intestines of livestock and human, but there are few reports of distribution in aquatic animals (Hafeez et al., 2022). In order to explore the isolation rate of C. perfringens and the toxin genes they carry, 141 aquatic samples, including clams (Ruditapes philippinarum), oysters (Ostreidae), and mud snails (Bullacta exerata Philippi), were collected from the coastal areas of Shandong Province, China...
February 28, 2024: International Journal of Food Microbiology