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Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen¹ that can cause a severe, but rare foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.² in 2011 estimated that ???? 55 human foodborne listeriosis botulism cases, including ??? including 9 deaths, occur annually in the US. Steve - fill in the numbers in red for every pathogen

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisbotulism in the US and Canada include:

Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Laboratory Sciences, Atlanta, GA, U.S.

Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, U.S.

Institute for Food Safety and Health, National Center for Food Safety and Technology, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bedford Park, IL, U.S.

Johnson Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, U.S.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisbotulism in Europe include:

korkeala Laboratory, Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, University of Helsinki, Finland

Peck Laboratory, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, UK.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisbotulism in South and Latin America include:

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisbotulism in Asia and Australia include:

Additional resources on Listeria monocytogenes Clostridium botulinum:
A number of key sources on Clostridium botulinum and botulism are available on USDA FSIS website and CDC website.  

 References
¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListeriaClostridium_monocytogenes^{Image Removed}botulinum
²Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  PMID:21192848