Food Born Toxin

Bacillus Cereus

Kingdom: Bacteria

Phylum: Firmicutes

Class: Bacilli

Order: Bacillales

Family: Bacillaceae

Genus: Bacillus

Species: B. cereus

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Bacillus Cereus is a cause for food born illness. This is often caused from food being under cooked, food sitting out for to long or improperly refrigerated. This neglect allows for spores to germinate. Side effects usually include nausea, diarrhea and vomiting shortly after the meal. Onset of illness ranges from 30 minutes to a 15 hours. There are safe strains of Bacillus Cereus and they are used to actually reduce Salmonella for farm animals. Common places it is found in include fried rice, cereal, potatoes, water, vegetables and meat. Bacillus Cereus is a soil dwelling rod shaped bacterium.

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