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Title: | Extracellular Enzyme Production and Enterotoxigenic Gene Profiles of Bacillus Cereus and Bacillus Thuringiensis Strains Isolated From Cheese in Turkey | Authors: | Molva, Çelenk Sudağıdan, Mert Okuklu, Burcu |
Keywords: | Bacillus cereus Bacillus thuringiensis Cheese Enterotoxin genes |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | Source: | Molva, Ç., Sudağıdan, M., and Okuklu, B. (2009). Extracellular enzyme production and enterotoxigenic gene profiles of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from cheese in Turkey. Food Control, 20(9), 829-834. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.10.016 | Abstract: | The aim of the present study was to investigate the biochemical characteristics, extracellular enzyme production and enterotoxigenic genes contents of 6 Bacillus cereus and 22 Bacillus thuringiensis strains, isolated from 100 cheese samples in Turkey. Crystal morphologies of B. thuringiensis strains were found either spherical (n = 12) or spherical and irregular-shaped (n = 10) by phase contrast microscopy. B. cereus and B. thuringiensis strains were found to produce extracellular enzymes, respectively: gelatinase (83% and 91%), DNase (83% and 77%), lecithinase (83% and 95%), protease on skim milk agar (100% and 100%), protease on milk agar (100% and 91%), protease on casein agar (83% and 77%), xylanase (100% and 45%), and cellulase (0% and 41%), and amylase (83% and 27%). All of the strains, except for Bt-D1, hydrolyzed Tween 20 (96%), but not Tween 80 or tributyrin. Pectinolytic activity was obtained to be the least frequent (4%). PCR analysis showed that all strains contained nheA, nheB, nheC and hblD genes. The hblA and hblC genes were present in 2 and 4 of B. thuringiensis strains, respectively. The bceT gene was detected in 1 B. cereus and 9 B. thuringiensis strains. The entFM gene was detected more frequently in B. thuringiensis (82%) than in B. cereus strains (50%). To our knowledge, this is the first report about the isolation and identification of enterotoxigenic B. cereus and B. thuringiensis strains from cheese samples in Turkey. | URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.10.016 http://hdl.handle.net/11147/2485 |
ISSN: | 0956-7135 0956-7135 |
Appears in Collections: | Food Engineering / Gıda Mühendisliği IZTECH Research Centers Collection / İYTE Araştırma Merkezleri Koleksiyonu Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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