Production, secretion and biological activity of Bacillus cereus enterotoxins.
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SUBMITTER: Senesi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3153264 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
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Production, secretion and biological activity of Bacillus cereus enterotoxins.
Senesi Sonia S Ghelardi Emilia E
Toxins 20100629 7
Bacillus cereus behaves as an opportunistic pathogen frequently causing gastrointestinal diseases, and it is increasingly recognized to be responsible for severe local or systemic infections. Pathogenicity of B. cereus mainly relies on the secretion of a wide array of toxins and enzymes and also on the ability to undergo swarming differentiation in response to surface-sensing. In this report, the pathogenicity exerted by B. cereus toxins is described with particular attention to the regulatory m ...[more]
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