Identification of Bacillus cereus group species associated with food poisoning outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada.
Food poisoning laboratories identify Bacillus cereus using routine methods that may not differentiate all Bacillus cereus group species. We recharacterized Bacillus food-poisoning strains from 39 outbreaks and identified B. cereus in 23 outbreaks, B. thuringiensis in 4, B. mycoides in 1, and mixed strains of Bacillus in 11 outbreaks.
BC Centre for Disease Control, Food Protection Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada. lorraine.mcintyre@bccdc.ca.
Lorraine
L
McIntyre
Kathryn
K
Bernard
Daniel
D
Beniac
Judith L
JL
Isaac-Renton
David Craig
DC
Naseby
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial