Survival and germination of bacillus cereus spores without outgrowth or enterotoxin production during in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal transit

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7698-7705

  Ceuppens, Siele ^a   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a   Drieskens, Katrien ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a,b   Rajkovic, Andreja ^a,c   Boon, Nico ^a   Van de Wiele, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS SPORES; DIGESTIVE ENZYMES; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD ISOLATES; FOOD POISONING; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-VITRO; INOCULUM LEVEL; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; LOCALIZED INTERACTION; STRAIN VARIABILITY;

BODY FLUIDS; CULTIVATION; DIALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD POISONING; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTATO; SPORE; SURVIVAL; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUODENUM; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO;

BACILLUS CEREUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DUODENUM; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84868623612     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02142-12     Document Type: Article

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