Characterization of the spore-forming Bacillus cereus sensu lato group and Clostridium perfringens bacteria isolated from the Australian dairy farm environment

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dréan, Paul ^a   McAuley, Catherine M ^a   Moore, Sean C ^a   Fegan, Narelle ^a   Fox, Edward M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus sensu lato; Clostridium perfringens; Dairy farm; PFGE; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXEMIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SPOROGENESIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; OVIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DAIRYING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; MILK; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84928676400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0377-9     Document Type: Article

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