Taxonomic studies of the beta hemolysis-causing pathogen bacillus cereus isolated from sea water

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Kim, Sam Sun ^a   Park, Yong H A ^b   Lee, Jung Sook ^b   Yoon, Jung Hoon ^b   Shin, Yong Kook ^a   Rhee, I N Koo ^c   Kim, Young Jae ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Bacillus cereus; Taxonomic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; MENAQUINONE; PROTEINASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLUM; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0031972253     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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