The Diverse Faces of Bacillus Cereus

The Diverse Faces of Bacillus cereus elucidates all characteristics of this microorganism, from its environmental and ecologic relevance, to its veterinary involvement, its clinical settings, most common B. cereus associated food poisoning episodes, and the newest airway disease pictures mimicking the inhalation of anthrax.

Due to its environmental distribution, B. cereus may cause serious, even fatal human diseases. The organism shows many diverse faces, as it is not only a veterinary pathogen, but also used as a biocontrol agent to control vegetable decay due to its natural antimicrobial properties.

Once considered as a mere colonizer or contaminant, Bacillus cereus is nowadays acquiring increasing importance as an agent of nosocomial infections. The book's target audience is familiar with this opportunistic pathogen and will benefit from this clear compendium on the classical and molecular techniques and procedures that may be adopted or followed to correctly identify this intriguing multi-faceted microorganism.

Autorentext
Doctor Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy Member of Journal editorial board, Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery Contributing member of American Society for Microbiology

Klappentext
"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."--

Inhalt

Bacillus Cereus Taxonomy

Bacillus Cereus Microbiology

Bacillus Cereus Human Disease

Bacillus Cereus Animal Disease

Bacillus Cereus Resistance to Antibiotics

Bacillus Cereus as a biocontrol agent

Bacillus Cereus Zwittermicin production