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Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of cereulide-producing isolates of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Apr 2014
Castiaux Virginie, N'guessan Elise, Swiecicka Izabela, Delbrassinne Laurence, Dierick Katelijne, Mahillon Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus cereus is an important foodborne pathogen causing diarrhoea, emesis and in, rare cases, lethal poisonings. The emetic syndrome is caused by cereulide, a heat-stable toxin. Originally considered as a rather homogenous group, the emetic strains have since been shown to display some diversity, including the existence of two clusters of mesophilic B. cereus and psychrotolerant B. weihenstephanensis. Using...
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