Detection of toxigenic Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis spores in U.S. rice

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-466

  Ankolekar, Chandrakant ^a   Rahmati, Talat ^a   Labbé, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

B. cereus; B. thuringiensis; Enterotoxin; Rice; Spores

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREULIDE SYNTHETASE GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIARRHEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HBLA GENE; HBLD GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 57349170657     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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