Author: Kotiranta, A.; Lounatmaa, K.; Haapasalo, M.
Description: Bacillus cereus is a causative agent in both gastrointestinal and in nongastrointestinal infections. Enterotoxins, emetic toxin (cereulide), hemolysins, and phoshpolipase C as well as many enzymes such as beta-lactamases, proteases and collagenases are known as potential virulence factors of B. cereus. A special surface structure of B. cereus cells, the S-layer, has a significant role in the adhesion to host cells, in phagocytosis and in increased radiation resistance. Interest in B. cereus has been growing lately because it seems that B. cereus-related diseases, in particular food poisonings, are growing in number.
Subject headings: Animals; Bacillaceae Infections; Bacillus cereus; Bacterial Adhesion; Bacterial Proteins; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Humans; Membrane Glycoproteins; Phagocytosis; Virulence; Food poisoning
Publication year: 2000
Journal or book title: Microbes and Infection
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 189-198
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