Bacillus cereus
Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is primarily recognized as an opportunistic foodborne pathogen capable of producing toxins associated with gastrointestinal illness; it is not classified as a probiotic organism. Research on this species focuses on pathogenicity characterization, food safety, and antimicrobial resistance rather than beneficial health applications. No strain-specific probiotic or beneficial health evidence was identified for this entry in the indexed literature.
Strains of this species
19 strains of Bacillus cereus in the index, with 330 linked papers between them.
Bacillus cereus N25
Bacillus cereus N25 appears in the indexed literature primarily in the context of fermentation microbiology and agricultural antimicrobial resistance genomics, rather than as a probiotic strain with human health evidence.
Bacillus cereus MT-4
Bacillus cereus MT-4 is an environmental isolate studied in the context of dye decolorization for wastewater applications — an industrial biotechnology context with no relation to human health supplementation.
Bacillus cereus SEHD031MH
Bacillus cereus SEHD031MH is a strain appearing in research on plastic biodegradation, specifically in studies examining bacterial communities in the context of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastic degradation i…
Bacillus cereus H38
Bacillus cereus H38 appears in the indexed literature only in the context of a 2025 environmental microbiology review on xenobiotic contaminants and geo-microbial remediation strategies.
Bacillus cereus NJD1
Bacillus cereus NJD1 is a strain of a species that is best known as a foodborne pathogen capable of producing toxins associated with gastrointestinal illness.
Bacillus cereus SHBF2
Bacillus cereus SHBF2 is a spore-forming bacterium isolated from an aquaculture environment.
Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579
Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 is a standard reference strain used in food safety microbiology and biochemistry research.
Bacillus cereus L6
Bacillus cereus L6 is a spore-forming bacterial strain isolated from soil.
Bacillus cereus DFH-1
Bacillus cereus DFH-1 is a strain of Bacillus cereus, a Gram-positive, aerobic, spore-forming bacterium capable of both beneficial and pathogenic activities.
Bacillus cereus DIWL 2
Bacillus cereus DIWL-2 is a strain that has been investigated for its potential to colonize and degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic surfaces in vitro.
Bacillus cereus DIWL 5
Bacillus cereus DIWL-5 appears in the research index in the context of a single 2025 in vitro study evaluating Bacillus-associated surfaces for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) biodegradation, a materials science and env…
Bacillus cereus CHU4R
Bacillus cereus CHU4R is a spore-forming soil bacterium.
Bacillus cereus LDPE-DB2
Bacillus cereus LDPE-DB2 is a strain isolated from gut symbionts of waxworms and termites and studied in vitro for its ability to degrade low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic, a common polymer used in packaging.
Bacillus cereus L1
Bacillus cereus L1 has been the subject of a 2025 in vitro study investigating degradation of polystyrene and low-density polyethylene, common synthetic plastics, in wastewater settings.
Bacillus cereus SH-02
Bacillus cereus SH-02 has been characterized in a single 2022 in vitro study examining production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable bioplastic, under fermentation conditions optimized using response surface m…
Bacillus cereus VK92
Bacillus cereus VK92 appears in the indexed literature solely in the context of bioplastics research, specifically production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from agricultural waste.
Bacillus cereus PE-1
Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive soil bacterium and facultative pathogen.
Bacillus cereus SN1
Bacillus cereus SN1 is a strain isolated from cow dung and studied for its dehalogenase enzyme — a protein capable of cleaving carbon-halogen bonds, relevant to environmental bioremediation contexts.
Bacillus cereus YB-4
Bacillus cereus YB-4 is a strain studied exclusively in the context of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis, a class of biodegradable bioplastics produced by bacteria.
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