Possible Origin of Clostridium botulinum Contamination of Eskimo Foods in Northwestern Alaska

Soils from beaches in northwestern Alaska have been found to contain Clostridium botulinum type E, providing evidence of one environmental source of food contamination.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Applied Microbiology
Main Authors:	Miller, Lawrence G., Clark, Paul S., Kunkle, George A.
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 1972
Subjects:	General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics General Immunology and Microbiology General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine eskimo* Alaska
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/am.23.2.427-428.1972 https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/am.23.2.427-428.1972

Description
Summary:	Soils from beaches in northwestern Alaska have been found to contain Clostridium botulinum type E, providing evidence of one environmental source of food contamination.