Prevalence, genetic diversity, and antibiotic susceptibility of Bacillus cereus Strains isolated from rice and cereals collected in Korea

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-617

  Park, Yong Bae ^a   Kim, Jung Beom ^a   Shin, Sang Woon ^a   Kim, Jong Chan ^a   Cho, Seung Hak ^b   Lee, Bok Kwon ^b   Ahn, Juhee ^c   Kim, Jae Myung ^c   Oh, Deog Hwan ^c  

^a Gyeonggi do Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; HORDEUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT SAFETY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RICE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CEREALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORYZA SATIVA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 62349120310     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.3.612     Document Type: Article

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