title: Germination and proliferation of emetic Bacillus cereus sensu lato strains in milk.
abstract: The Bacillus cereus sensu lato group includes potentially pathogenic bacteria that are ubiquitous in the environment and, importantly, could also be present in food products. This study focuses on emetic isolates which presumably could cause acute food poisoning and emetic syndrome. Here, we evaluate the ability of psychrotolerant Bacillus weihenstephanensis MC118 (isolated from soil) and mesophilic B. cereus BOD3/9 isolated from milk to germinate and multiply at 7 and 30 °C. Whereas the rates of germination at 30 °C in milk and nutrient broth of MC118 and BOD3/9 were similar, MC118, but not BOD3/9, proliferated to achieve relatively high numbers (∼10(6) colony-forming units/g) within 7 days of incubation at 7 °C. Mesophilic BOD3/9 showed a slight decrease of cell concentration in similar studies at 7 °C. Genotyping with repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based PCR and pulsed field gel electrophoresis revealed significant similarities between BOD3/9 and emetic reference B. cereus F4810/72 strain, while the B. weihenstephanensis MC118 isolate was more similar to the B. weihenstephanensis non-emetic reference DSMZ11821 strain. Our data suggest that emetic isolates that are also psychrotolerant, such as MC118, could constitute a hazard in the dairy industry, where milk could be a suitable medium for germination and growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, 20B Swierkowa Street, PL15-950, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartoszewicz
authors.forename: Magdalena A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kroten
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Swiecicka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004639:Emetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004639:Emetics
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