Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Bacillus cereus isolates recovered from honey

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-184

  López, Ana C ^a   Alippi, Adriana M ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

16S rRNA PCR RFLP; Bacillus cereus; DNA fingerprinting; Honey; rep PCR; Spores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HONEY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARGENTINA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HONEY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 34249300156     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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