Isolation and characterization of a Bacillus species capable of producing tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish Fugu obscurus

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1755-1760

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   Fan, Yanhui ^a,b  

^a BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Fugu obscurus; Ovary; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP; BACILLUS SPECIES; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FUGU OBSCURUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; LIQUID MEDIUM; MARINE BACTERIUM; MOUSE BIOASSAY; OVARY; RELATED COMPOUNDS; TETRODOTOXIN;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RNA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TAKIFUGU; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 77956883938     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0354-2     Document Type: Article

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