Prevalence and characterization of Bacillus cereus isolates from clinical and natural sources

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Hassan, Ghada ^a   Nabbut, Nassim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Characterization; Clinical isolates; Enterotoxin; Natural isolates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030027342     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.2.193     Document Type: Article

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