title: Evidence for plasmid-mediated toxin production inBacillus cereus BIS-59.
abstract: A strain ofBacillus cereus, isolated from shrimps pasteurized by radiation, harboured a 7.6MDa plasmid. When cells were cured with Acridine Orange, they still produced the haemolytic toxin but not the non-haemolytic one. The results therefore suggest that the plasmid encodes the gene(s) responsible for the non-haemolytic toxin.
authors.affiliation: Food Technology and Enzyme Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400 085, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kamat
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Nair