Presence and molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringensin intestinal compartments of healthy horses

Table 2 Ribotypes and toxin gene profiles of Clostridium difficile isolated from gastrointestinal compartments of healthy horses

Horse	Farm	Compartment	Toxin A	Toxin B	CDT	Ribotype¹
1	A	Rectum	+	+	+	078
4	C	Right Dorsal Colon	+	+	-	001
		Rectum	+	+	+	078
5	D	Right Dorsal Colon	+	+	-	001
		Rectum	+	+	+	078
7	C	Duodenum	+	+	+	078
7	C	Right Dorsal Colon	+	+	-	001
		Rectum	+	+	+	078
10	C	Small colon	+	+	-	001
11	F	Jejunum	+	+	-	AS2
11	F	Ileum	+	+	-	AS1
		Right Dorsal Colon	+	+	-	AS1
12	G	Rectum	+	+	-	AS1
15	J	Small colon	+	+	-	AS3

¹ PHLS Anaerobic Reference Unit (Cardiff, UK) when appropriate, otherwise, internal nomenclature was used.

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