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Bacillus cereus |
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Bacillus cereus [bə‚sil·əs ′sir·ē·əs] (microbiology) A spore-forming bacterium that often survives cooking and grows to large numbers in improperly refrigerated foods; it produces both a diarrheal toxin and an emetic toxin in the gastrointestinal tract following its ingestion via contaminated meats, dried foods, and rice. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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21 Angewandte Chemie, the Nebraska researchers describe how they fabricated the new humidity sensors by first growing bridges of Bacillus cereus across electrodes on a silicon wafer. Comparative analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and related species on the basis of reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA. 7 macrophages after exposure to six indoor air microbes (Aspergillus versicolor, Penicillium spinulosum, Stachybotrys chartarum, Bacillus cereus, Mycobacterium terrae, and Pseudomonas fluorescens) alone and together with the actlnomycete Streptomyces californicus. |
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