Performance characteristics of the Duopath® Cereus Enterotoxins assay for rapid detection of enterotoxinogenic Bacillus cereus strains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-326

  Krause, Nora ^a   Moravek, Maximilian ^a   Dietrich, Richard ^a   Wehrle, Esther ^a   Slaghuis, Joerg ^b   Märtlbauer, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Duopath ; Hemolysin BL; Non hemolytic enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DUROPATH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOASSAY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES;

EID: 78649497412     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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