Bacillus cereus and Food Poisoning

Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-46

  Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacteria; Disease; Enterotoxins; Food poisoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948740211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696743.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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