Adhesion and cytotoxicity of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis to epithelial cells are FlhA and PlcR dependent, respectively

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1483-1491

  Ramarao, Nalini ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacillus cereus; Cytotoxicity; FlhA; PlcR; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; FLAGELLA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRYPAN BLUE; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 33745273013     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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