Genetic diversity, antimicrobial resistance, and toxigenic profiles of bacillus cereus strains isolated from sunsik

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-230

  Lee, Nari ^a   Sun, Je Min ^a   Kwon, Kyung Yoon ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Koo, Minseon ^a   Chun, Hyang Sook ^a  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CEREAL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CEREALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 84856327280     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-317     Document Type: Article

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