Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Toxinotype of Clostridium perfringens (CP) isolates collected from the Bernam River, Selangor River and Tengi Canal between April 2007 and January 2008 were determined by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using published primers. All the 147 isolates were toxinotype Type A, harbouring the alpha toxin gene. In addition, 5 of the isolates also had the enterotoxin (CPE) gene.
Keywords
Toxinotype, perfringen, clostridium perfringen, clostridium, river, polymerase, cpe gene, alpha toxin, cpe, chain, polymerase chain, chain reaction, reaction, environmental, selangor
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
28
Issue
1
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