Regulation of toxin production by Bacillus cereus and its food safety implications

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-213

  Ceuppens, Siele ^a   Rajkovic, Andreja ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^b   Tsilia, Varvara ^a,b   Van De Wiele, Tom ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; cereulide; enterotoxin; food safety management tools; toxin regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CATION; CEREULIDE; CYTOTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN K; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN BL; HEMOLYSIN II; IRON; NONHEMOLYTIC ENTEROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C REGULATOR; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AERATION; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 79959722500     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2011.558832     Document Type: Review

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