Identification of Bacillus cereus group species associated with food poisoning outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7451-7453

  McIntyre, Lorraine ^a   Bernard, Kathryn ^b   Beniac, Daniel ^b   Isaac Renton, Judith L ^a,c   Naseby, David Craig ^d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUSES; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FOOD POISONING; MIXED STRAINS; ROUTINE METHODS; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; FOOD POISONING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 57149111490     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01284-08     Document Type: Article

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