Genetic diversity of emetic toxin producing Bacillus cereus Korean strains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Kim, Jung Beom ^a   Park, Jong Suk ^b   Kim, Moon Seok ^c   Hong, Seong Cheol ^d   Park, Joong Hyun ^e   Oh, Deog Hwan ^e  

^a Gyeonggi do Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c Sempio Food Company   (South Korea)

^d Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^e Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Emetic toxin; Genotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; SULFADOXINE PLUS TRIMETHOPRIM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HYDROLYSIS; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-LACTAMS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EMETICS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 80052080171     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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