FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND FOOD SAFETY
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Bacillus cereus
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Bacillus cerevisiae
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Bacillus coli
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Bacillus coctupus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Bacillus cereus is a foodborne pathogen that can produce toxins, causing two types of gastrointestinal illness: the emetic (vomiting) syndrome and the diarrhoeal syndrome. When the emetic toxin (cereulide) is produced in the food, vomiting occurs after ingestion of the contaminated food.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) is classified as a gram-positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic, spore former, motile, pathogenic, and opportunistic bacterium capable of producing resistant endospores in the presence of oxygen.
Detailed explanation-3: -B. cereus is a catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming gram-positive bacilli. However, it can appear Gram variable in some cases. On blood and chocolate agar Gram staining, B.