Production of diarrheal enterotoxins and other potential virulence factors by veterinary isolates of Bacillus species associated with nongastrointestinal infections

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2372-2376

  Rowan, Neil J ^a   Caldow, George ^b   Gemmell, Curtis G ^c   Hunter, Iain S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROORGANISMS; VIRUSES;

INFECTIONS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS CEREUS ENTEROTOXIN T; BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN HEMOLYSIN BL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD POISONING; GENE; GENETIC CODE; HEART; HEP 2 CELL; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; POLYMYXA;

EID: 0242499919     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2372-2376.2003     Document Type: Article

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