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Clostridium botulinum can grow inside sausages that have been insufficiently or unevenly salted; German scientists first named the poisoning it causes Wurstvergiftung, or sausage disease botulus is Latin for sausage.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Clostridium botulinum can grow inside sausages that have been insufficiently or unevenly salted; German scientists first named the poisoning it causes Wurstvergiftung, or sausage disease botulus is Latin for sausage.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In honor of today being Friday: botulus. net » Looking Busy
Looking Busy 2006
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Sausages (botulus in Latin) are a rich medium for bacterial growth and have frequently been implicated as the source of botulinum toxin.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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