Transcriptional kinetic analyses of cereulide synthetase genes with respect to growth, sporulation and emetic toxin production in Bacillus cereus

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-290

  Dommel, Monica K ^a   Lücking, Genia ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a   Ehling Schulz, Monika ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cereulide synthetase; Reverse transcription quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEREULIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; LIGASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LIGASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 79651472963     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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