title: The genetically remote pathogenic strain NVH391-98 of the Bacillus cereus group is representative of a cluster of thermophilic strains.
abstract: Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group are known to cause food poisoning. A rare phylogenetically remote strain, NVH391-98, was recently characterized to encode a particularly efficient cytotoxin K presumably responsible for food poisoning. This pathogenic strain and its close relatives can be phenotypically distinguished from other strains of the B. cereus group by the inability to grow at temperatures below 17 degrees C and by the ability to grow at temperatures from 48 to 53 degrees C. A temperate phage, phBC391A2, residing in the genome of NVH391-98 allows us to distinguish the three known members of this thermophilic strain cluster.
authors.affiliation: Génétique Microbienne, INRA Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galleron
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bidnenko
authors.forename: S Dusko
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorokin
mesh_terms: D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins