Agata N, Ohta M, Mori M
Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Japan.
Curr Microbiol. 1996 Jul;33(1):67-9. doi: 10.1007/s002849900076.
The emetic toxin (cereulide) of Bacillus cereus was quantified in several isolates of B. cereus and in various food sources. When the emetic toxin was produced, vomiting-type food poisoning was observed in humans. We also found that the H-1 serovar phenotype was strongly associated with the production of cereulide and that none of the isolates that hydrolyzed starch or expressed diarrheal enterotoxin activity produced cereulide.
对蜡样芽孢杆菌的多个分离株以及各种食物来源中的催吐毒素（蜡样芽孢杆菌毒素）进行了定量分析。当产生催吐毒素时，在人类中观察到呕吐型食物中毒。我们还发现，H-1血清型表型与蜡样芽孢杆菌毒素的产生密切相关，并且水解淀粉或表达腹泻性肠毒素活性的分离株均未产生蜡样芽孢杆菌毒素。
