Detection of toxigenic strains ofBacillus cereusand otherBacillusspp. with an improved cytotoxicity assay
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- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Letters in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 28 (3) , 221-225
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00498.x
Abstract
An improved qualitative cell cytotoxicity assay for the detection of Bacillus cereus emetic and enterotoxin is described. The presence of toxin in culture supernatant fluids was detected by measureme...Keywords
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