Bacillus cereus

PTCC No: 
1015
Other collection No. :: 
ATCC 11778, PCI 213, NCTC 10320, DSM 345, CIP 64.52, NCIMB 8012, WDCM 00001
Category: 
Quality control strains
Reference strains
Culture condition: 
30 °C, aerobic
Information: 
<- ATCC <- FDA, strain PCI 213; Waksman strain O. Used for assay of tetracycline, chlortetracycline aureomycin, demeclocycline demethylchlortetracycline, doxycycline hydramycin, minocycline and oxytetracycline terramycin. Used for media testing, food testing. Quality control strain.
Literature: 

Antibiotic assay (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission; British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003. AOAC International Antibiotics in feeds, microbiological methods. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International;AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 957.23. Simon HJ, Yin EJ. Microbioassay of antimicrobial agents. Appl Microbiol 1970,19: 573-579, PubMed: 4986725). Media testing (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs--Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media-- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media.. Geneva (Switzerland): International Organization for Standardization, ANSI;ISO ISO 11133-2:2003.Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-- Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media -- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media - Annex B: Recommended test microorganisms for commonly used culture media. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard DD CEN ISO/TS 11133:2003. ISO/CD 11133:2009, Annex E. Test microorganisms for commonly used culture media (giving information on the culture medium, culture conditions, test microorganisms, culture collection number of test organisms and the expected reactions)). Quality control strain (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Horizontal method for the determination of low numbers of presumptive Bacillus cereus --- Most probable number technique and detection method. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 21871:2006.)

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
2