ApoFnr binds as a monomer to promoters regulating expression of enterotoxin genes of Bacillus cereus

ApoFnr binds as a monomer to promoters regulating the expression of 1 enterotoxin genes of Bacillus cereus

ApoFnr binds as a monomer to promoters regulating the expression of enterotoxin genes of Bacillus cereus.

Bacillus cereus Fnr is a member of the Crp/Fnr (cyclic AMP-binding protein/fumarate nitrate reduction regulatory protein) family of helix-turn-helix transcriptional regulators. It is essential for the expression of hbl and nhe enterotoxin genes independently of the oxygen tension in the environment. We studied aerobic Fnr binding to target sites in promoters regulating the expression of enterot...

Detection and expression of enterotoxin genes in endophytic strains of Bacillus cereus.

AIMS   The aim of this study was to determine whether endophytic Bacillus cereus isolates from agronomic crops possessed genes for the nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and haemolysin BL (HBL) and, therefore, have the potential to cause diarrhoeal illness in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS   PCR followed by sequencing confirmed the presence of enterotoxin genes nheA, nheB, nheC, hblA, hblC, hblD in...

The redox regulator Fnr is required for fermentative growth and enterotoxin synthesis in Bacillus cereus F4430/73.

Glucose-grown cells of Bacillus cereus respond to anaerobiosis and low extracellular oxidoreduction potentials (ORP), notably by enhancing enterotoxin production. This response involves the ResDE two-component system. We searched the B. cereus genome for other redox response regulators potentially involved in this adaptive process, and we identified one gene encoding a protein predicted to have...

Direct detection of Bacillus cereus enterotoxin genes in food by multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

This study evaluated a direct multiplex PCR to detect food contamination with enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) in comparison with culture and multiplex gene detection using colonies. Detection of B. cereus enterotoxin genes was done on artificially contaminated and ready-toeat market foods including cooked rice, pasteurized milk and cheese. Of the 108 food samples analysed, 51(47.2 %...