Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms, which when administered in adequate
amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. Health benefits have mainly been …

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 …

The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including
bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B …

Bacillus cereus displays a high diversity of lifestyles and ecological niches and include
beneficial as well as pathogenic strains. These strains are widespread in the environment …

The Bacillus cereus sensu lato group contains diverse Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria
that can cause gastrointestinal diseases and severe eye infections in humans. They have …

* Correspondence to: Jason D McArthur; Email: jasonm@ uow. edu. au Submitted: 05/30/13;
Accepted: 05/31/13 http://dx. doi. org/10.4161/viru. 25240 Comment on: Loh JMS, et al …

Members of the Bacillus genus are widely distributed throughout natural environments and
have been studied for decades among others for their physiology, genetics, ecological …

A transgenic bacterium Bacillus cereus BW-03 (p PW-05) was constructed by transforming a
plasmid harbouring mer operon of a marine bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis PW-05 into …

Background Bacillus cereus sensu lato sl) is a group of bacteria displaying close
phylogenetic relationships but a high ecological diversity. The three most studied species …

Background Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene has been the standard for studying the
composition of microbial communities. While it allows identification of bacteria at the level of …