Bacillus cereus

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002596",
  "term": "Bacillus cereus",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive, facultatively aerobic sporeformer whose cells are large rods and whose spores do not swell the sporangium. These and other characteristics, including biochemical features, are used to differentiate and confirm the presence B. cereus, although these characteristics are shared with B. cereus var. mycoides, B. thuringiensis3 and B. anthracis4. Differentiation of these organisms depends upon determination of motility (most B. cereus are motile), presence of toxin crystals (B. thuringiensis), hemolytic activity (B. cereus and others are beta hemolytic whereas B. anthracis is usually nonhemolytic), and rhizoid growth which is characteristic of B. cereus var. mycoides.\n\n2. a aerobic spore-forming bacteria that are resistance to heat and chemical treatments used as a microbial pesticide",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "FDA Bad Bug Book",
    "Federal LCA Commons Elementary Flow List for Life Cycle Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/bacillus-cereus/"
}