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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 189-198Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00269-0
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bacillus cereus; S-layer; epidemiology; pathogenesis
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Bacillus cereus is a causative agent in both gastrointestinal and in nongastrointestinal infections. Enterotoxins, emetic toxin (cereulide), hemolysins, and phoshpolipase C as well as many enzymes such as beta-lactamases, proteases and collagenases are known as potential virulence factors of B. cereus. A special surface structure of B. cereus cells, the S-layer, has a significant role in the adhesion to host cells, in phagocytosis and in increased radiation resistance. Interest in B, cereus has been growing lately because it seems that B. cereus-related diseases, in particular food poisonings, are growing in number. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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