Internally Peer Reviewed 4-2. General a. Etiologic Agent. Industrial-scale fermentation can produce large quantities of toxin for use as a BW agent. The B subunit binds to a receptor on the axons of motor neurons.
Recovery follows only after the neuron develops a new axon, which can take months.
The reservoir is soil, animals, and fish. The organisms can be recovered from honey and other agricultural products. High-risk foods are primarily improperly canned foods and dried meat or fish. Consumption of food contaminated with the C. botulinum toxin. Foodborne botulism is due to ingestion of food contaminated with botulinum toxins.