Epidemiological typing of Bacillus spp. isolated from food

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4229-4232

  Schraft, Heidi ^a   Steele, Marina ^b   McNab, Bruce ^b   Odumeru, Joseph ^b   Griffiths, Mansel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEREOLYSIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID ANALYSIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029851981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4229-4232.1996     Document Type: Article

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