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 …

Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis—One Species on the Basis of Genetic Evidence

E Helgason, OA Økstad, DA Caugant… - Applied and …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis are members of the Bacillus
cereus group of bacteria, demonstrating widely different phenotypes and pathological …

Biology and taxonomy of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis, and Bacillus thuringiensis

GT Vilas-Bôas, APS Peruca… - Canadian journal of …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
Three species of the Bacillus cereus group (Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis, and Bacillus
thuringiensis) have a marked impact on human activity. Bacillus cereus and B. anthracis are …

Evolution of pathogenicity in the Bacillus cereus group

X Didelot, M Barker, D Falush, FG Priest - Systematic and Applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Bacillus cereus group of bacteria comprises soil-dwelling saprophytes but on occasion
these bacteria can cause a wide range of diseases in humans, including food poisoning …

Bacillus cereus

M Ehling‐Schulz, R Knutsson… - Genomes of foodborne …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
It is expected that the increasing genetic information on Bacillus cereus in genome
databases will pave the way for investigating its evolution, ecology, and virulence, and …

Pathogenomic Sequence Analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis

CS Han, G Xie, JF Challacombe, MR Altherr… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis are closely related gram-
positive, spore-forming bacteria of the B. cereus sensu lato group. While independently …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of Bacillus cereus and comparative analysis with Bacillus anthracis

N Ivanova, A Sorokin, I Anderson, N Galleron… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Bacillus cereus is an opportunistic pathogen causing food poisoning manifested by
diarrhoeal or emetic syndromes. It is closely related to the animal and human pathogen …

Bacillus cereus food poisoning and its toxins

JL Schoeni, ACL Wong - Journal of food protection, 2005 - Elsevier
The genus Bacillus includes members that demonstrate a wide range of diversity from
physiology and ecological niche to DNA sequence and gene regulation. The species of …

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 …

Population Structure and Evolution of the Bacillus cereus Group

FG Priest, M Barker, LWJ Baillie, EC Holmes… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Representative strains of the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria, including Bacillus anthracis
(11 isolates), B. cereus (38 isolates), Bacillus mycoides (1 isolate), Bacillus thuringiensis (53 …