Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Bacillus cereus isolates from Bangladeshi rice

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-34

  Haque, Anwarul ^a   Russell, Nicholas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bangladeshi rice; Fatty acid composition; Polyphasic taxonomy; Strain characterization

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICE; RNA GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPORE GERMINATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BANGLADESH; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11144330658     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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