InhA1, NprA, and HlyII as candidates for markers to differentiate pathogenic from nonpathogenic Bacillus cereus strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1358-1365

  Cadot, Céline ^a,b   Tran, Seav Ly ^a   Vignaud, Marie Leone ^b   De Buyser, Marie Laure ^b   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^c   Brisabois, Anne ^b   Nguyen Thé, Christophe ^d,e   Lereclus, Didier ^a   Guinebretière, Marie Hélène ^d,e   Ramarao, Nalini ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLYII PROTEIN; INHA1 PROTEIN; NPRA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VIVO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950484786     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02123-09     Document Type: Article

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