Isolation of Bacillus cereus Group from the Fecal Material of Endangered Wood Turtles.

Members of the Bacillus cereus group are opportunistic human pathogens. They can be found in a broad range of foods. Diarrheal food poisoning and/or emetic type syndromes can result from eating contaminated food. In this study, seven B. cereus group members were isolated from the fecal material of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta). The isolates were then assessed for the presence of enterotoxin genes (nheA, entFM, hblC, and cytK) using PCR. The most prevalent is the nonhemolytic enterotoxin gene which was found in all seven isolates.

Draft Genome Sequence of Robinsoniella peoriensis Strain WTD, Isolated from the Fecal Material of a Wood Turtle.

Here, we report the draft genome of Robinsoniella peoriensis strain WTD, which was isolated from the fecal material of a wood turtle. The genome size was 7,391,415 bp with 41.1 mol% G+C.