Environmental contamination and enterotoxigenic profile of Bacillus cereus isolated in food services;Contaminação ambiental e perfil toxigênico de Bacillus cereus isolados em serviços de alimentação

Ciencia Rural

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 504-510

  Soares, Celina Mara ^a   Valadares, Geórgio Freesz ^a   De Azeredo, Raquel Monteiro Cordeiro ^b   Kuaye, Arnaldo Yoshiteru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeal enterotoxin; ELISA; Hemolysin; PCR; Safe food

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 41149105307     PISSN: 01038478     EISSN: 16784596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-84782008000200033     Document Type: Article

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