Small Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 subpopulations are responsible for cytotoxin K production

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 899-906

  Ceuppens, S ^a   Timmery, S ^b   Mahillon, J ^b   Uyttendaele, M ^a   Boon, N ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cytotoxin K (CytK); Toxin gene expression; Virulent subpopulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CYTOTOXIN K; CYTOTOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD POISONING; GENES EXPRESSION; HAEMOLYSINS; NONHEMOLYTIC ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN GENE EXPRESSION; TOXIN GENES; VIRULENT SUBPOPULATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN K; ENTEROTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; FITNESS; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOCULTURE; SPECIALIZATION; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL POPULATION; CFPOPT GENE; CYTK GENE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HBLC GENE; NHEB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579;

EID: 84873998521     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12096     Document Type: Article

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