Characterization of enterotoxigenic bacillus cereus sensu lato and Staphylococcus aureus isolates and associated enterotoxin production dynamics in milk or meat-based broth

Toxins

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Walker York Moore, Laura ^a   Moore, Sean C ^a   Fox, Edward M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

B. cereus s. l.; Enterotoxin; Meat based broth; Milk; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEC GENE; SEL GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEAT; MILK; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85025075495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins9070225     Document Type: Article

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