Important Role of Class I Heat Shock Genes <i>hrcA</i> and <i>dnaK</i> in the Heat Shock Response and the Response to pH and NaCl Stress of Group I Clostridium botulinum Strain ATCC 3502

Katja Selby, Miia Lindström, Panu Somervuo, +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives, October 2011

Katri Jalava, Katja Selby, Annika Pihlajasaari, +14

Eurosurveillance

Microbial ToxinOctober 2011MedicinePathogenesisPathology +8

Growth of Group II Clostridium botulinum Strains at Extreme Temperatures

Yağmur Derman, Miia Lindström, Katja Selby, +1

Journal of Food Protection

Extreme TemperaturesExtremophileMicrobial EcologyFood MicrobiologyMicrobiology +1

Involvement of Two-Component System CBO0366/CBO0365 in the Cold Shock Response and Growth of Group I (Proteolytic) Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502 at Low Temperatures

Miia Lindström, Elias Dahlsten, Henna Söderholm, +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Low TemperaturesTcs GenesBiochemistryMicrobial PathogensVirulence Factor +8

Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Isolates from an Infant Botulism Case Suggests Adaptation Signatures to the Gut

François P. Douillard, Yağmur Derman, Cédric Woudstra, +7

mBio

Heat shock and prolonged heat stress attenuate neurotoxin and sporulation gene expression in group I Clostridium botulinum strain ATCC 3502

Katja Selby, Gerald Mascher, Panu Somervuo, +2

PLoS ONE

Microbial PathogensBacteriologyMolecular BiologyFood Processing FacilitiesBacterial Pathogens +16

Construction and validation of safe Clostridium botulinum Group II surrogate strain producing inactive botulinum neurotoxin type E toxoid

Maria B. Nowakowska, Katja Selby, Adina Przykopanski, +8

Scientific Reports

Neutralization of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type E by a Humanized Antibody

Yağmur Derman, Katja Selby, Sebastian Miethe, +12

Toxins

Microbial ToxinHumanized AntibodyAllergyLaboratory ImmunologyImmunotoxicology +12

Botulinum neurotoxins exploit host digestive proteases to boost their oral toxicity via activating OrfXs/P47

Linfeng Gao, Maria B. Nowakowska, Katja Selby, +13

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives. Euro Surveill 16(49):20034

Katri Jalava, Katja Selby, Annika Pihlajasaari, +14

Euro Surveill 16Plant PathologyFood-borne BotulismConserved OlivesFood Safety