Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium botulinum B2 450 Strain from Wound Botulism in a Drug User in Italy

Silvia Fillo; Francesco Giordani; Anna Anselmo; Antonella Fortunato; Anna Maria Palozzi; Riccardo De Santis; Andrea Ciammaruconi; Ferdinando Spagnolo; Fabrizio Anniballi; Alfonsina Fiore; Bruna Auricchio; Dario De Medici; Florigio Lista

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00238-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium botulinum B2 450 Strain from Wound Botulism in a Drug User in Italy

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 2;3(2):e00238-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00238-15.

Affiliations

¹ Histology and Molecular Biology Section, Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy.
² National Reference Center for Botulism, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
³ Histology and Molecular Biology Section, Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy romano.lista@gmail.com.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Clostridium botulinum B2 450, responsible for the first reported case of wound botulism in a drug user in Italy.