Production of an emetic toxin, cereulide, is associated with a specific class of Bacillus cereus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-69

  Agata, Norio ^a   Ohta, Michio ^b   Mori, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; EMETICS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; STARCH; VOMITING;

EID: 0029902782     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900076     Document Type: Article

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