NOTES ON BACILLUS BOTULINUS

Abstract

The production of heterologous toxins by different strains of B. botulinus was first recognized by Leuchs, in 1910. He produced antitoxins in horses for both the Ellezelles and Darmstadt strains and found that the antitoxin, of the Ellezelles strain would protect against the toxin of its own strain but not against the toxin of the Darmstadt strain, and vice versa....