Detection and expression of enterotoxin genes in endophytic strains of Bacillus cereus

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2012-03-06

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Society for Applied Microbiology

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether endophytic Bacillus cereus isolates from agronomic crops possessed genes for the nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and haemolysin BL (HBL) and, therefore, have the potential to cause diarrheal illness in humans.

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Bacillus cereus, Endophytes, Enterotoxins, Food-borne illness, Field Scale

Citation

Letters in Applied Microbiology 54(5): 468–474