Development of a high-resolution melting-based approach for efficient differentiation among bacillus cereus group isolates

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 777-785

  Antolinos, Vera ^a   Fernández, Pablo S ^a   Ros Chumillas, María ^a   Periago, Paula M ^a   Weiss, Julia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS SENSU STRICTO; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PANC GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866984133     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1148     Document Type: Article

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