Prevalence and Characterization of Bacillus cereus in Meat and Meat Products in and around Jammu Region of Jammu and Kashmir

Prevalence and Characterization of Bacillus cereus in Raw Poultry Meat Sold at Retail Meat Outlets of Bikaner

“…Abd- El-Tawab et al, (2015) reported 38.33% of Bacillus cereus, which is also higher than present study. Bashir et al, (2017) recorded 28% Bacillus cereus in poultry meat samples collected from the cities of Jammu which is in complete agreement to our study. Acun et al, (2018) isolated 12%Bacillus cereus which is lower whereas, Osman et al, (2018) reported 50% Bacillus cereus in poultry meat samples which is higher than present investigation.…”

“…A specific sequence within gyrB gene can distinguish Bacillus cereus from the other members of the group (Yamada et al, 1999). Almost similar results reported by La- Duc et al, (2004) and Bashir et al, (2017) that characterized Bacillus cereus group phylogenetically and found 84.6% isolates positive by PCR. Rather et al, (2012) and Tewari et al, (2015) confirmed 98.3% and 100% isolates targeting species specific gyrB gene by using PCR which is higher than present investigation.…”

Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Toxin Genes of Bacillus cereus Group Isolated from Meat and Chicken Products

“…Our results revealed that B. cereus group isolates were detected and identified as one species (B. cereus) in different meat and chicken products with a percentage of 21.5%. Higher percentages of B. cereus; (30.9%) [46], (29.33%) [47] in India and (27.8%) in Tunisia [48], were previously reported in raw meat and meat products. This variation may be due to advanced and better hygienic practices tracked in restaurants and meat shops in recent times.…”

Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production and Its Effects on Bacterial Resistance

“…All isolates were resistant to penicillin G but sensitive to streptomycin. Over 60% of isolates were resistant to amoxicillin, ampicillin and carbenicillin [93].…”