Evidence for a further enterotoxin complex produced by Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Granum, Per Einar ^a   Andersson, Annika ^a   Gayther, Claire ^a   Te Giffel, Meike ^a   Larsen, Helle ^a   Lund, Terje ^a   O'Sullivan, Kristin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Food poisoning; Haemolysin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; FOOD POISONING; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0030222082     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00207-8     Document Type: Article

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