Bacillus cereus food poisoning and its toxins

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 636-648

  Schoeni, Jean L ^a,b   Lee Wong, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b TRAC Microbiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 14844337446     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.3.636     Document Type: Review

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