Rapid discrimination of psychrotolerant and mesophilic strains of the Bacillus cereus group by PCR targeting of 16S rDNA

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Von Stetten, Felix ^a   Francis, Kevin P ^a   Lechner, Sabine ^a   Neuhaus, Klaus ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA signature; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus mycoides; Bacillus thuringiensis; PCR; Psychrotolerant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0031740480     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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