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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Research Letter

Emergence of Novel Type C Botulism Strain in Household Outbreak, Japan

Rika Maeda, Misato Mori, Seiya Harada, Ichiro Izu, Takaaki Hirano, Yukie Inoue, Shunsuke YahiroComments to Author , and Hiromi Koyama
Author affiliations: Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Uto, Japan (R. Maeda, M. Mori, S. Harada, I. Izu, T. Hirano, Y. Inoue, S. Yahiro); Northern Kumamoto Administrative Headquarters Kamoto Area Development Bureau, Yamaga, Japan (H. Koyama)

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Table

Amino acid percentage similarity between BoNTs (C, CD, DC, D, and LC759602) in study of novel type C botulism strain in household outbreak, Japan*

BoNT serotype (accession no.) LC759602
BoNT gene Protease domain Translocation domain Receptor-binding domain
BoNT/C(BAA14235) 89.79 97.73 93.57 78.01
BoNT/CD(BAA08418) 79.31 97.73 98.33 40.55
BoNT/DC(ABP48747) 72.87 48.05 74.45 98.57
BoNT/D(EES90380) 56.48 47.83 73.72 47.74

*BoNT, botulism neurotoxin.

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