Bacillus cereus and its food poisoning toxins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Granum, Per Einar ^a   Lund, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Food poisoning

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; VALINOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; FOOD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0031573776     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00438-2     Document Type: Review

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