Diversity and toxigenicity among members of the Bacillus cereus group

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Oh, Mi Hwa ^a   Ham, Jun Sang ^a   Cox, Julian M ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Diversity; Enterotoxigenicity; RDAP PCR; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; COOKED FOOD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RAW FOOD; RICE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COOKING; DIARRHEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COOKING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ORYZA SATIVA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84857134660     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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