Phenotypic and genotypic comparisons of 23 strains from the Bacillus cereus complex for a selection of known and putative B. thuringiensis virulence factors

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-13

  Guttmann, Daniel M ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0034237710     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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