Abstract:Abstract: Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous foodborne pathogen that can cause two types of food poisoning (the diarrhoeal type and the emetic type) and other illnesses. According to the symptoms of food poisoning, its toxins can be divided into diarrheal enterotoxin and emetic enterotoxin. Hemolysin BL, non-haemolytic en-terotoxin and cytotoxin K are the three main diarrheal enterotoxins, and cereulide is an emetic enterotoxin. At present, food poisoning caused by B. cereus contamination occurs frequently and seriously endangers hu-man health. Therefore, food safety problems caused by B. cereus have attracted extensive attention. Under-standing the role of B. cereus and its toxins at the cellular level would be conducive to preventing the bacte-rial infection. Meanwhile, rapid and accurate detection of B. cereus is extremely important for effective con-trol of food contamination and post-infection treatment. Herein, the research progress of major toxins and detection methods of B. cereus was reviewed. It may provide useful reference for researchers to carry out re-lated work.
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杨艳华, 吕 鹏, 陈克平. 蜡样芽孢杆菌主要毒素及检测方法的研究进展[J]. 生命科学研究, 2021, 25(6): 471-478.
YANG Yan-hua, Lü Peng, CHEN Ke-ping. Research Progress on Main Toxins and Detection Methods of Bacillus cereus. Life Science Research, 2021, 25(6): 471-478.