Characterization of emetic Bacillus weihenstephanensis, a new cereulide-producing bacterium

An objective is presented of investigating the occurrence of the Bacillus cereus group, to characterize the cereulide producers with regard to psychrotolerance and compare them to popular cereulide producers at the pheno- and genotypic levels. Two psychrotolerant Bacillus weihenstephanensis strains, MC67 and MC118 producing cereulide are reported.