Colony immunoblot assay for the detection of hemolysin BL enterotoxin producing Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-113

  Moravek, Maximilian ^a   Wegscheider, Monika ^a   Schulz, Anja ^a   Dietrich, Richard ^a   Bürk, Christine ^a   Märtlbauer, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Colony immunoblot; Enterotoxin; Hemolysin BL; Non hemolytic enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN BL ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 4444274936     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.024     Document Type: Article

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