Germination of Bacillus cereus spores is induced by germinants from differentiated Caco-2 cells, a human cell line mimicking the epithelial cells of the small intestine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5052-5054

  Wijnands, L M ^a   Dufrenne, J B ^a   Van Leusden, F M ^a   Abee, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; FOOD PRODUCTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS SPORES; BRAIN HEART INFUSION BROTH; CELL LINE MIMICKING;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; GERMINATION; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 34547790698     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02390-06     Document Type: Article

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