title: Production of an emetic toxin, cereulide, is associated with a specific class of Bacillus cereus.
abstract: The emetic toxin (cereulide) of Bacillus cereus was quantified in several isolates of B. cereus and in various food sources. When the emetic toxin was produced, vomiting-type food poisoning was observed in humans. We also found that the H-1 serovar phenotype was strongly associated with the production of cereulide and that none of the isolates that hydrolyzed starch or expressed diarrheal enterotoxin activity produced cereulide.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000633:toxicity; D047630:Depsipeptides; D004639:Emetics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000633:toxicity; D010641:Phenotype; D012703:Serotyping; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D047630:Depsipeptides; D004639:Emetics; D004768:Enterotoxins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C089294:cereulide; D013213:Starch