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The diverse faces of Bacillus cereus / edited by Vincenzo Savini.
| Other author | Savini, Vincenzo. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London, UK : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016] |
| Description | ix, 159 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Immunology and Microbiology 2016 [EBCIM16] |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Microbiology of Bacillus cereus / Roberta Marrollo -- Bacillus cereus group diagnostics : chromogenic media and molecular tools / Eugenio Pontieri -- Bacillus cereus hemolysins and other virulence factors / Rosa Visiello, Stefano Colombo and Edoardo Carretto -- Bacillus cereus mechanisms of resistance to food processing / Sarah M. Markland and Dallas G. Hoover -- Bacillus cereus food-borne disease / Roberta Marrollo -- Bacillus cereus pneumonia / Vincenzo Savini -- Bacillus cereus disease in children / Daniela Onofrillo -- Bacillus cereus disease other than food-borne poisoning / Giovanni Gherardi -- Bacillus cereus disease in animals / Vincenzo Savini -- Bacillus cereus biocontrol properties / Vincenzo Savini -- Bacillus species outside the Bacillus cereus group / Vincenzo Savini -- Bacillus thuringiensis insecticide properties / Vincenzo Savini and Paolo Fazii. |
| Abstract | "The Diverse Faces of Bacillus cereus elucidates salient characteristics of this microorganism, from its environmental and ecologic relevance, to its veterinary involvement and its medical aspects, the latter including several and diverse syndromes such as the most common Bacillus cereus-associated foodborne poisoning and the less frequent airway disease mimicking anthrax. Bacillus cereus has an almost ubiquitary environmental distribution and may cause serious, even fatal, human diseases as well. The bacterium, nevertheless, is also used as a biocontrol agent to face microorganism-related vegetable decay due to its natural antimicrobial properties. Once considered as a mere colonizer or contaminant, in fact, Bacillus cereus is nowadays acquiring increasing importance both as an agent of infections and as an organism of biotechnological and agricultural interest. Also, researchers, clinicians, and students alike will benefit from this clear compendium on the phenotype-based and molecular techniques and procedures that may be adopted or followed to correctly identify this intriguing multi-faceted microorganism."-- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015949039 |
| ISBN | 9780128014745 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0128014741 (hbk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |