Comparison of biological effect of the two different enterotoxin complexes isolated from three different strains of Bacillus cereus

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3329-3336

  Lund, Terje ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Haemolysin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030817275     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3329     Document Type: Article

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