Bacillus horikoshii, a tetrodotoxin-producing bacterium isolated from the liver of puffer fish

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-458

  Lu, Yan ^a   Yi, Ruizao ^a  

^a SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus horikoshii; Tetrodotoxin; Tetrodotoxin producing bacterium

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS HORIKOSHII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 77951859381     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175130     Document Type: Article

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