Rapid screening test for enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus.
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.
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Hamilton Regional Public Health Laboratory, Ontario Ministry of Health, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice
D004768:Enterotoxins