Heat and acid resistance depend on growth pH in the food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579
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Comparison of cytotoxin cytK promoters from Bacillus cereus strain ATCC 14579 and from a B. cereus food-poisoning strain.
The cytotoxin CytK produced by Bacillus cereus is believed to be involved in food-borne diseases. The transcriptional activity of the cytK promoter region in a food-poisoning strain was studied using a reporter gene and compared with that in the reference B. cereus strain ATCC 14579. In the food-poisoning strain, cytK is more strongly transcribed, possibly explaining the pathogenicity. The glob...
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