Toxin production in a rare and genetically remote cluster of strains of the <it>Bacillus cereus </it>group

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Three enterotoxins are implicated in diarrhoeal food poisoning due to <it>Bacillus cereus</it>: Haemolysin BL (Hbl), Non-haemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe), and Cytotoxin K (CytK). Toxin gene profiling and assays for detection...

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Main Authors: Granum Per, Fürst Rainer, Guinebretière Marie-Hélène, Brillard Julien, Fagerlund Annette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-05-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/7/43