A new rapid and sensitive detection method for cereulide-producing Bacillus cereus using a cycleave real-time PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Yabutani, Michio ^a,b   Agata, N ^b   Ohta, M ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. cereus; Cereulide; Food poisoning; Real time PCR; Specific detection

Indexed keywords

B. CEREUS; CEREULIDE; FOOD POISONING; REAL-TIME PCR; SPECIFIC DETECTION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CEREULIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS REACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 65649120796     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02598.x     Document Type: Article

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