Rapid detection of germinating bacillus cereus cells using fluorescent in situ hybridization

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-102

  Laflamme, Christian ^a,b   Gendron, Louis ^a,b   Turgeon, Nathalie ^a,b   Filion, Genevieve ^a,b   Ho, Jim ^c   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 61649112929     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2009.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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