Improved cytotoxicity assay for Bacillus cereus diarrhoeal enterotoxin

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Fletcher, P ^a   Logan, N A ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

B.ANTHRACIS; B.SUBTILIS; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS; DIARRHOEAL ILLNESS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; PAENIBACILLUS; THURINGIENSIS; TOXIN PRODUCTION; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; STAINING; SUPERNATANT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACTERIUM; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 0032943140     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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