Bacillus cereus

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Bacillus cereus
Phylum Firmicutes
Class Bacilli
Order Bacillales
Family Bacillaceae
Genus Bacillus
Species cereus
microscopic image of Bacillus cereus. (Y tambe 2006 , Wikimedia commons)

Bacillus cereus is a species of Bacillus bacteria.

B.cereus causes mastitis in cattle and food poisoning and eye infections in humans.