Using an insect model to assess correlation between temperature and virulence in Bacillus weihenstephanensis and Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Stenfors Arnesen, Lotte ^a,b   Granum, Per Einar ^a   Buisson, Christophe ^b   Bohlin, Jon ^a   Nielsen Leroux, Christina ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cereulide; Hbl; Insect in vivo model; Nhe; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEREULIDE; PROTEIN HBL; PROTEIN NHE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; INSECTS; TEMPERATURE; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952827653     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02229.x     Document Type: Letter

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