Toxigenic strains of Bacillus licheniformis related to food poisoning

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4637-4645

  Salkinoja Salonen, M S ^a,e   Vuorio, R ^a   Andersson, M A ^a   Kampfer P ^b   Andersson, M C ^a   Honkanen Buzalski, T ^c   Scoging, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e Dept of Appl Chem and Microbiol ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALI; BACTERIAL TOXIN; METHANOL; PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD POISONING; MILK; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RIBOTYPING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM RENALE; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032829069     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4637-4645.1999     Document Type: Article

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