Swarming behavior of and hemolysin BL secretion by Bacillus cereus.

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Abstract

An association between swarming and hemolysin BL secretion was observed in a collection of 42 Bacillus cereus isolates (P=0.029). The highest levels of toxin were detected in swarmers along with swarm cell differentiation (P=0.021), suggesting that swarming B. cereus strains may have a higher virulence potential than nonswarming strains.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Appl Environ Microbiol

Title: Applied and environmental microbiology

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

ISSN: 0099-2240

ISSN (Print): 0099-2240

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2007

Volume: 73

Issue: 12

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[1 ] Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Biotecnologie Mediche, Infettivologia ed Epidemiologia, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via S. Zeno 35-39, 56127 Pisa, Italy. ghelardi@biomed.unipi.it

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Publisher Item ID: AEM.02345-06

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02345-06

PMC ID: 1932716

PubMed ID: 17449693

SO-VID: da88db9d-5a88-470c-83a4-57748ec00c4e

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