Enterotoxigenic profiles and polymerase chain reaction detection of Bacillus cereus group cells and B. cereus strains from foods and food-borne outbreaks

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-490

  Hsieh, Y M ^a   Sheu, S J ^a   Chen, Y L ^a   Tsen, H Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHO CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD POISONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032722812     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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