Bacillus cereus in Infant Foods: Prevalence Study and Distribution of Enterotoxigenic Virulence Factors in Isfahan Province, Iran

Table 4

Distribution of various enterotoxigenic virulence genes of B. cereus isolated from baby foods in Isfahan, Iran.

Samples	B. cereus positive	Enterotoxigenic virulence genes (%)
		ℎ𝑏𝑙𝐴	ℎ𝑏𝑙𝐵	ℎ𝑏𝑙𝐶	𝑛ℎ𝑒𝐴	𝑛ℎ𝑒𝐵	𝑛ℎ𝑒𝐶	𝑒𝑛𝑡𝐹𝑀	𝑏𝑐𝑒𝑇
Baby food with rice and milk based	31	6	7	10	13	11	17	25	7
		(19.35)	(22.57)	(32.25)	(41.93)	(35.48)	(54.83)	(80.64)	(22.57)
Baby food with wheat and milk based	25	3	4	8	9	8	11	15	5
		(12)	(16)	(32)	(36)	(32)	(44)	(60)	(20)
Baby food with wheat, honey, and milk based	18	1	3	7	9	6	10	7	3
		(5.55)	(16.66)	(38.88)	(50)	(33.33)	(55.55)	(38.88)	(16.66)
Baby food with wheat, banana, and milk based	10	—	1	4	6	4	5	5	1
			(10)	(40)	(60)	(40)	(50)	(50)	(10)
Total	84	11	15	29	37	28	43	52	16
		(13.09)	(17.85)	(34.52)	(44.04)	(33.33)	(51.19)	(61.90)	(19.04)