Characterisation of a non-haemolytic enterotoxin complex from Bacillus cereus isolated after a foodborne outbreak

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Lund, Terje ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Food poisoning

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0030221647     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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