Bacillus cereus

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland, 1887

EPPO code

• BACICE (Bacillus cereus)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Bacteria
•     Phylum: Firmicutes
•         Class: Bacilli
•             Order: Bacillales
•                 Family: Bacillaceae
•                     Genus: Bacillus
•                         Species: Bacillus cereus

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

References

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Beattie SH, Williams AG, 1996. Toxin formation by Bacillus cereus and other Bacillus species. Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 81 (supplement):xxiv.

Fossum K, Herikstad H, Binde M, Pettersen KE, 1986. Isolation of Bacillus subtilis in connection with bovine mastitis. Nordisk Veterinaermedicin, 38(4):233-236; 3 ref.

Frankland, Frankland, 1887. Roy. Soc. London, Phil. Trans., Ser. B, 173:279.

Horváth G, Tóth-Marton E, Mészáros MJ, Quarini L, 1986. Experimental Bacillus cereus mastitis in cows. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 34(1/2):29-35; [1 pl.]; 8 ref.

Johnson CT, Lupson GR, Lawrence KE, 1994. The bovine placentome in bacterial and mycotic abortions. Veterinary Record, 134(11):263-266; 15 ref.

Jones TO, Turnbull PCB, 1981. Bovine mastitis caused by Bacillus cereus. Veterinary Record, 108: 271-274.

Logan NA, Turnbull PCB, 1999. Bacillus and recently derived genera. In: Murray PR, Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH, eds. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 7th edn. Washington DC: ASM Press, pp 357-369.

Mathias D, Karasek E, 1968. B. subtilis infection in swine and its importance for the etiology and pathogenesis of the so-called enzootic cardiac death of the pig. Zentralblatt füt Bakteriologie [Orig], 208:538-548. (In German).

Merck CC, Burow H, 1973. Bacillus cereus as the cause of bovine mastitis. I. Report on the occurrence of Bacillus cereus mastitis and on studies concerning infection of sheep and cows with the isolated strain. Zentralbl Veterinarmed [B] 20:810-817.(In German).

Parry JM, Turnbull PCB, Gibson JR, 1983. A colour atlas of Bacillus species [with reference to Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus and B. subtilis]. A colour atlas of Bacillus species [with reference to Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus and B. subtilis]., 272pp.; [160 fig.]; Wolfe Medical Atlases No. 19; 124 ref.

Salkinoja-Salonen MS, Vuorio R, Andersson MA, Kampfer P, Andersson MC, Honkanen-Buzalski T, Scoging AC, 1999. Toxigenic strains of Bacillus licheniformis related to food poisoning. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 65:4637-4645.

Turnbull PCB, 1986. Bacillus cereus toxins. In: Dorner F, Drews J, eds. Pharmacology of Bacterial Toxins. Oxford: Pergamon Press, Section 119: 397-448.

Turnbull PCB, Kramer JM, 1995. Bacillus. In: Murray PR, Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH, eds. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 6th edn. Washington, DC: ASM Press, pp. 349-356.

Turnbull PCB, Kramer JM, Jorgensen K, Gilbert RJ, Melling J, 1979b. Properties and production characteristics of vomiting, diarrhoeal and necrotizing toxins of Bacillus cereus. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 32: 219-228.

Wohlgemuth K, Bicknell EJ, Kirkbride CA, 1972a. Abortion in cattle associated with Bacillus cereus. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 161:1688-1690.

Wohlgemuth K, Kirkbride CA, Bicknell EJ, Ellis RP, 1972b. Pathogenicity of Bacillus cereus for pregnant ewes and heifers. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 161:1691-1695.

Yumusak M, Kücükayan U, 1995. Detection of Bacillus cereus in milk samples from cows with mastitis in the Ankara region. Etlik Veteriner Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, 8(1/2):198-217; 37 ref.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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