H. Pouseele

Development of a wgMLST method for investigating foodborne botulism cases through genome comparisons

Clostridium botulinum , which can cause foodborne botulism through production of botulinum toxin in contaminated foods, is classified as a Tier 1 select agent in the United States. Since the ability to share isolates is federally regulated, approaches to sharing molecular data, including whole genome sequence data (...