Ability of Bacillus cereus group strains to cause food poisoning varies according to phylogenetic affiliation (groups I to VII) rather than species affiliation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3388-3391

  Guinebretière, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Velge, Philippe ^c   Couvert, Olivier ^d   Carlin, Frédéric ^a,b   Debuyser, Marie Laure ^e   Nguyen The, Christophe ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c UR1282   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD POISONING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CACO-2 CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 77956809881     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00921-10     Document Type: Article

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