The genetically remote pathogenic strain NVH391-98 of the Bacillus cereus group is representative of a cluster of thermophilic strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1276-1280

  Auger, Sandrine ^a   Galleron, Nathalie ^a   Bidnenko, Elena ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Lapidus, Alla ^b   Sorokin, Alexei ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FOOD PROCESSING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FOOD POISONING; THERMOPHILIC STRAIN CLUSTER;

PATHOGENS;

GENOME; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; RARITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FOOD POISONING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 39649090055     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02242-07     Document Type: Article

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