Complete Genome Sequence of Clostridium botulinum CJ0611A1, a Type A(B) Isolate Associated with an International Outbreak of Botulism from Commercial Carrot Juice

Richard Harris; Forest Dussault; Annika Flint; John W Austin; Kelly Weedmark

doi:10.1128/MRA.01111-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Clostridium botulinum CJ0611A1, a Type A(B) Isolate Associated with an International Outbreak of Botulism from Commercial Carrot Juice

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e01111-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01111-20.

Authors

Richard Harris^#¹, Forest Dussault^#¹, Annika Flint^#¹, John W Austin¹, Kelly Weedmark^#²

Affiliations

¹ Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [email protected].

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We report the complete genome (3.9-Mb chromosome, 5.9-kb plasmid) of Clostridium botulinum CJ0611A1, a type A(B) strain isolated from carrot juice distributed in Canada and linked to an international 2006 foodborne botulism outbreak. This strain encodes a full-length bont/A1 gene and a truncated bont/B gene.