Semiautomated metabolic staining assay for Bacillus cereus emetic toxin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1811-1812

  Finlay, W J J ^a   Logan, N A ^a   Sutherland, A D ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 0032936094     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1811-1812.1999     Document Type: Article

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