Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis in ready-to-eat cooked rice in Malaysia

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 829-836

  Sandra, A ^a,b   Afsah Hejri, L ^a   Tunung, R ^a   Tuan Zainazor, T T C ^a,c   Tang, J Y H ^a,d   Ghazali, F M ^a   Nakaguchi, Y ^e   Nishibuchi, M ^e   Son, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. Cereus; B. Thuringiensis; Cooked rice; Food poisoning; Mpn pcr

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864814747     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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