NCIt definition : A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria
assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is motile, spore forming, and catalase
positive, hydrolyzes casein, starch, and gelatin, and produces the toxin cereulide.
B. cereus is found in soil and associated with diarrheal and emetic forms of food-borne
illness as well as opportunistic infections in both humans and domestic animals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus cereus.;