Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of cereulide-producing isolates of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-131

  Castiaux, Virginie ^a   N'Guessan, Elise ^a   Swiecicka, Izabela ^b   Delbrassinne, Laurence ^a,c   Dierick, Katelijne ^c   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus sensu lato; Emetic strains

Indexed keywords

CEREULIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; EMETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DEPSIPEPTIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898603931     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12423     Document Type: Article

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