A new phylogenetic cluster of cereulide-producing Bacillus cereus strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1274-1277

  Vassileva, Maria ^a   Torii, Keizo ^a   Oshimoto, Megumi ^a   Okamoto, Akira ^a   Agata, Norio ^b   Yamada, Keiko ^a   Hasegawa, Tadao ^c   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEREULIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 34247220433     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02224-06     Document Type: Article

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