The Bacillus cereus Group: Bacillus Species with Pathogenic Potential

M Ehling-Schulz, D Lereclus, TM Koehler - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Bacillus cereus group includes several Bacillus species with closely related phylogeny.
The most well-studied members of the group, B. anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis …

[HTML][HTML] The food poisoning toxins of Bacillus cereus

R Dietrich, N Jessberger, M Ehling-Schulz… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Review The Food Poisoning Toxins of Bacillus
cereus by Richard Dietrich 1,†, Nadja Jessberger 1,*,†, Monika Ehling-Schulz 2, Erwin …

Acinetobacter baumannii: evolution of a global pathogen

LCS Antunes, P Visca, KJ Towner - Pathogens and disease, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen and one of the six most
important multidrug resistant microorganisms in hospitals worldwide. This human pathogen …

Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals

H Hao, G Cheng, Z Iqbal, X Ai, HI Hussain… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be
complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of …

Main groups of microorganisms of relevance for food safety and stability: General aspects and overall description

JM Lorenzo, PE Munekata, R Dominguez… - … technologies for food …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbiology is important to food safety, production, processing, preservation, and storage.
Microbes such as bacteria, molds, and yeasts are employed for the foods production and …

The Bacillus cereus Food Infection as Multifactorial Process

N Jessberger, R Dietrich, PE Granum, E Märtlbauer - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ubiquitous soil bacterium Bacillus cereus presents major challenges to food safety. It is
responsible for two types of food poisoning, the emetic form due to food intoxication and the …

Bacillus cereus, a Volatile Human Pathogen

EJ Bottone - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, motile, spore-forming,
rod-shaped bacterium that is widely distributed environmentally. While B. cereus is …

From soil to gut: Bacillus cereus and its food poisoning toxins

LP Stenfors Arnesen, A Fagerlund… - FEMS microbiology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Bacillus cereus is widespread in nature and frequently isolated from soil and growing plants,
but it is also well adapted for growth in the intestinal tract of insects and mammals. From …

The use of bacterial spore formers as probiotics

HA Hong, LH Duc, SM Cutting - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The field of probiosis has emerged as a new science with applications in farming and
aqaculture as alternatives to antibiotics as well as prophylactics in humans. Probiotics are …

The rhizosphere as a reservoir for opportunistic human pathogenic bacteria

G Berg, L Eberl, A Hartmann - Environmental microbiology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
During the last years, the number of human infections caused by opportunistic pathogens
has increased dramatically. One natural reservoir of opportunistic pathogens is the …