Toxinogenic Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus licheniformis from mastitic milk

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 329-339

  Nieminen, T ^a,b   Rintaluoma, N ^b   Andersson, M ^b   Taimisto, A M ^c   Ali Vehmas, T ^b   Seppala A ^a   Priha, O ^d   Salkinoja Salonen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus pumilus; Cereulide; Lichenysin; Mastitis; PCR; Surfactin; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; FATTY ACID; GENOMIC DNA; METHANOL; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; MALE; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PHYLOGENY; SPERM MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS;

EID: 34547953904     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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