title: Isolation of Bacillus cereus Group from the Fecal Material of Endangered Wood Turtles.
abstract: Members of the Bacillus cereus group are opportunistic human pathogens. They can be found in a broad range of foods. Diarrheal food poisoning and/or emetic type syndromes can result from eating contaminated food. In this study, seven B. cereus group members were isolated from the fecal material of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta). The isolates were then assessed for the presence of enterotoxin genes (nheA, entFM, hblC, and cytK) using PCR. The most prevalent is the nonhemolytic enterotoxin gene which was found in all seven isolates.
authors.affiliation: General Studies, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, WI, 53144, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy Ngvumbo
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Nfor
authors.forename: Carly N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Lapin
authors.forename: Richard William
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins