| prevalence of clostridium botulinum in fishes from markets in osaka. | a total of 142 samples of different sea foods, mostly fish, were procured from the near-by supermarkets to examine the edible parts for the presence of clostridium botulinum. eleven samples (7.7%) seemed to contain this organism. of these samples, we identified the toxin type in seven; six were type c and the other one type d. isolation of c. botulinum type c was successful form the six samples but that of type d failed. | 1980 | 6997584 |