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Production of an emetic toxin, cereulide, is associated with a specific class of Bacillus cereus.
Current microbiology - 1 Jul 1996
Agata N, Ohta M, Mori M
Abstract excerpt
The emetic toxin (cereulide) of Bacillus cereus was quantified in several isolates of B. cereus and in various food sources. When the emetic toxin was produced, vomiting-type food poisoning was observed in humans. We also found that the H-1 serovar phenotype was strongly associated with the production of cereulide and that none of the isolates that hydrolyzed starch or expressed diarrheal enterotoxin activity...
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