Metabiotic association between non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type B and foodborne Bacillus species

Sciences des Aliments

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 545-551

  Carlin, Frédéric ^a,b   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Interaction; Metabiosis; Non proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030496541     PISSN: 02408813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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