title: Rapid screening test for enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus.
abstract: Culture supernatants of 30 enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus isolates produced a characteristic progressive destruction of McCoy cell monolayers. Enterotoxin-negative B. cereus and other group 1 Bacillus spp. caused no monolayer disruption. The McCoy cell tissue culture system appears to provide a rapid screening assay for detection of enterotoxin-producing B. cereus.
authors: Hamilton Regional Public Health Laboratory, Ontario Ministry of Health, Canada.
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins