The Bacillus cereus Food Infection as Multifactorial Process

• Published in: Toxins Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 701
• Main Authors: Jessberger, Nadja, Dietrich, Richard, Granum, Per Einar, Märtlbauer, Erwin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 05.11.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Bacillus cereus; enterotoxins; food poisoning; motility; outbreaks; Review; spores; Bacillus cereus; spores; risk evaluation; toxico-infection; motility; enterotoxins; adhesion; outbreaks; food poisoning

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 diarrheal form emerging from food infections with enteropathogenic strains, also known as toxico-infections, whi...