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. 2006 Sep;44(9):3426–3428. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00873-06

TABLE 1.

Laboratory and epidemiologic findings associated with reported encapsulated B. cereus isolates

Strain State where isolated Yr isolated Occupation of patient Capsule expression PCR for pBC218 genesa Reference
G9241 LA 1994 Welder + + 9
G9898 LA 1996 Welder + + 12
03BB87 TX 2003 Muller + + 8
03BB102 TX 2003 Welder + − 8
a

PCR was performed to detect the putative capsule biosynthesis genes, polysaccharide polymerase and polysaccharide translocase.