Inhibition of cereulide toxin synthesis by emetic Bacillus cereus via long-chain polyphosphates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1475-1482

  Frenzel, Elrike ^a   Letzel, Thomas ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a   Ehling Schulz, Monika ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EMETIC TOXINS; FOOD MANUFACTURING; FOOD SYSTEM; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFANT FOOD; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-TEMPERATURE; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BLENDING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FOOD STORAGE; GENES; HEAT RESISTANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRANSCRIPTION;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEREULIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAT BALANCE; INHIBITION; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DOWN-REGULATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NUCLEIC ACID-INDEPENDENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 79953170590     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02259-10     Document Type: Article

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