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- Title
Evaluating the Safety of Bacillus cereus GW-01 Obtained from Sheep Rumen Chyme.
- Authors
Xu, Bowen; Huang, Xinyi; Qin, Haixiong; Lei, Ying; Zhao, Sijia; Liu, Shan; Liu, Gang; Zhao, Jiayuan
- Abstract
Bacillus cereus is responsible for 1.4–12% food poisoning outbreaks worldwide. The safety concerns associated with the applications of B. cereus in health and medicine have been controversial due to its dual role as a pathogen for foodborne diseases and a probiotic in humans and animals. In this study, the pathogenicity of B. cereus GW-01 was assessed by comparative genomic, and transcriptome analysis. Phylogenetic analysis based on a single-copy gene showed clustering of the strain GW-01, and 54 B. cereus strains from the NCBI were classified into six major groups (I–VI), which were then associated with the source region and sequence types (STs). Transcriptome results indicated that the expression of most genes related with toxins secretion in GW-01 was downregulated compared to that in the lag phase. Overall, these findings suggest that GW-01 is not directly associated with pathogenic Bacillus cereus and highlight an insightful strategy for assessing the safety of novel B. cereus strains.
- Subjects
BACILLUS cereus; FOODBORNE diseases; FOOD poisoning; COMPARATIVE genomics; GENE clusters
- Publication
Microorganisms, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1457
- ISSN
2076-2607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/microorganisms12071457