Gene database for Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579

Facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive and
rod-shaped, Bacillus cereus is a common bacterium that we encounter
during episodes of food poisoning. The bacterium is a common inhabitant of soil
and water. From a food safety perspective, B. cereus is a serious microbial
threat given its ability to form endospore, which makes its eradication during
food processing a top priority. Besides sporulation ability, B. cereus
also packs another microbial weapon, cereolysin, which is a virulence factor
important to pathogenesis. This work sought to illuminate the genetic
repertoire of this important food pathogen by parsing the annotated genome
sequence of B. cereus ATCC 14579 obtained from Genbank. Comprising gene
name, gene function and gene sequence of all genes in the genome of B.
cereus, the resource should be useful in molecular cloning work or genome
editing research seeking to understand the functions of individual genes in
this important endospore forming pathogen.