Identification of Enterobacter bacteria as saxitoxin producers in cattle's rumen and surface water from Venezuelan Savannahs

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-366

  Sevcik, C ^a   Noriega, J ^a,b   D'Suze, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Enterobacteria; Paraplegia; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

SAXITOXIN; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; VENEZUELA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0141783560     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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