Clostridium botulinum in Sediments from the Canadian Atlantic Seaboard

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Laycock, R. A., Longard, A. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: General Medicine; Emerald Basin; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f72-073; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f72-073

The presence of Clostridium botulinum types B, C, and E has been detected off the coast of Nova Scotia. Whereas types B and E were found only in low concentration on the Scotian Shelf, localized areas of high concentration of type C were found inshore in the Halifax–Dartmouth area and offshore in the deeper waters of Emerald Basin and the edge of the Shelf. Type E only was found off the coast of Newfoundland with a high incidence of the organism as far as 150 miles off the northeast coast. In general, C. botulinum appeared to be absent from the shallower bank areas but present in the deeper waters within and bordering upon the Continental Shelf.