The emetic Bacillus cereus cereulide synthetase ces genes encoding the biosynthetic machinery responsible for emetic toxin production are expressed as a polycistronic transcript from a central, most likely chromosomally regulated promoter. The present work revealed evidence that regulation of toxin production is not restricted to the transcriptional level, but may involve other levels of regulation. Expression of the cereulide synthetase and toxicity of the analyzed strains are highly dependent on environmental factors such as sodium chloride, and especially temperature, underlining the critical role of temperature abuse in food borne emetic disease. As well, the central promoter was significantly more active in farinaceous, versus proteinaceous foods, supporting the case that most outbreaks involved pasta or rice based dishes.
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The emetic Bacillus cereus cereulide synthetase ces genes encoding the biosynthetic machinery responsible for emetic toxin production are expressed as a polycistronic transcript from a central, most likely chromosomally regulated promoter. The present work revealed evidence that regulation of toxin production is not restricted to the transcriptional level, but may involve other levels of regulation. Expression of the cereulide synthetase and toxicity of the analyzed strains are highly dependent...
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