The hidden lifestyles of Bacillus cereus and relatives

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 631-640

  Jensen, G B ^a   Hansen, B M ^b   Eilenberg, J ^c   Mahillon, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043199862     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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