Progress in Food-related Research Focussing on Bacillus cereus

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 265-269

  De Vries, Ynte P ^a,b   Van Der Voort, Menno ^a,b   Wijman, Janneke ^a,b   Van Schaik, Willem ^a,b   Hornstra, Luc M ^a,b   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; biofilm; food; spore; stress sigma factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983054496     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.265     Document Type: Article

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