Enterotoxigenic Profiles of Food-Poisoning and Food-Borne Bacillus cereus Strains
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (8) , 3053-3056
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.40.8.3053-3056.2002
Abstract
The enterotoxigenic profiles of 51 B. cereus food-related strains were compared to those of 37 B. cereus food-poisoning strains. cytK and association of hbl-nhe-cytK enterotoxin genes were more frequent among diarrheal strains (73 and 63%) than among food-borne strains (37 and 33%). Unlike diarrheal strains, food-borne strains showed frequent nhe and hbl gene polymorphisms and were often low toxin producers.Keywords
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