Role of germinant receptors in Caco-2 cell-initiated germination of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 endospores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1201-1203

  Hornstra, Luc M ^a,b,d   Van Der Voort, Menno ^a,b   Wijnands, Lucas M ^c   Roubos Van Den Hil, Petra J ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; CACO-2 CELLS; MUTANT STRAINS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; MUTATION; SPORE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CACO-2 CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579;

EID: 59949099231     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02238-08     Document Type: Article

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