Bacterium
bacillus cereus
[ buh-sil-uhs seer-ee-uhs ]
Subclass of:
Genus Bacillus
Definitions related to bacillus cereus:
  • A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is motile, spore forming, and catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein, starch, and gelatin, and produces the toxin cereulide. B. cereus is found in soil and associated with diarrheal and emetic forms of food-borne illness as well as opportunistic infections in both humans and domestic animals.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of rod-shaped bacteria that is a common soil saprophyte. Its spores are widespread and multiplication has been observed chiefly in foods. Contamination may lead to food poisoning.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus cereus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Species of rod shaped bacteria that is a common soil saprophyte; its spores are widespread and multiplication has been observed chiefly in foods; contamination may lead to food poisoning.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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