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 …

Bacillus cereus: epidemiology, virulence factors, and host–pathogen interactions

DE Tuipulotu, A Mathur, C Ngo, SM Man - Trends in Microbiology, 2021 - cell.com
The toxin-producing bacterium Bacillus cereus is an important and neglected human
pathogen and a common cause of food poisoning. Several toxins have been implicated in …

Microbial species delineation using whole genome sequences

NJ Varghese, S Mukherjee, N Ivanova… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Increased sequencing of microbial genomes has revealed that prevailing prokaryotic
species assignments can be inconsistent with whole genome information for a significant …

Past and future species definitions for Bacteria and Archaea

R Rosselló-Móra, R Amann - Systematic and applied microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Species is the basic unit of biological diversity. However, among the different microbiological
disciplines there is an important degree of disagreement as to what this unit may be. In this …

Proposal of nine novel species of the Bacillus cereus group

Y Liu, J Du, Q Lai, R Zeng, D Ye… - … journal of systematic …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Nine novel Gram-stain-positive bacteria were investigated by a polyphasic taxonomic
approach. Based on the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, these strains belonged to …

Integrating genomics into the taxonomy and systematics of the Bacteria and Archaea

J Chun, FA Rainey - International journal of systematic …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
The polyphasic approach used today in the taxonomy and systematics of the Bacteria and
Archaea includes the use of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic data. The use of …

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 …

Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group

Y Liu, Q Lai, M Göker, JP Meier-Kolthoff, M Wang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The identification and phylogenetic relationships of bacteria within the Bacillus cereus group
are controversial. This study aimed at determining the taxonomic affiliations of these strains …

Proposal of a taxonomic nomenclature for the Bacillus cereus group which reconciles genomic definitions of bacterial species with clinical and industrial phenotypes

LM Carroll, M Wiedmann, J Kovac - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including
bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B …