Family portrait of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis cereulide-producing strains

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Hoton, Florence M ^a   Fornelos, Nadine ^a   N'Guessan, Elise ^a   Hu, Xiaomin ^a   Swiecicka, Izabela ^b   Dierick, Katelijne ^c   Jääskeläinen, Elina ^d   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja ^d   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 70449099903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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