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鉴定和使用:枯草杆菌是一种杆状、革兰氏阳性、需氧、能动的(周生鞭毛)细菌,在自然界中广泛存在。枯草杆菌常见于各种生态位,包括土壤、水和空气。该细菌通常产生蛋白酶和其他酶,这就是为什么该细菌的菌株常用于工业生产酶和其他化学品。该细菌还能产生一种内生孢子,使生物体能够耐受极端环境条件。它被用作微生物杀虫剂。人体研究:芽孢杆菌是一个大而多样的细菌属,包括苏云金芽孢杆菌、地衣芽孢杆菌、短小芽孢杆菌、蜡样芽孢杆菌和炭疽芽孢杆菌等物种。其中两种,B. cereus和B. anthracis,已知对人类和动物有病原性。因此,能够区分物种是非常重要的。存在生物化学测试和其他工具,可以正确识别所讨论的生物体,即B. subtilis。枯草杆菌种已知产生枯草菌素酶,据报道,在工业环境中反复接触该酶的个体会产生过敏或超敏反应。动物研究:一系列测试确定QST 713技术产品不具有病原性且无显著毒性。急性口服毒性/病原性、急性肺毒性/病原性和急性静脉毒性/病原性研究显示无显著毒性和缺乏病原性。正如任何微生物杀虫剂所预期的那样,QST 713确实引起了一种非常轻微的迟发型超敏反应,被认为是一种潜在的皮肤致敏剂。
IDENTIFICATION AND USE: Bacillus subtilis is a rod-shaped, gram positive, aerobic, motile (peritrichous flagella) bacterium that is ubiquitous in nature. Bacillus subtilis is commonly found in various ecological niches including soil, water and air. The bacterium commonly produces proteases and other enzymes which is why strains of the bacterium are commonly used for industrial production of enzymes and other chemicals. The bacterium also can produce an endospore which allows the organism to endure extreme environmental conditions. It is used as a microbial pesticide. HUMAN STUDIES: The genus Bacillus is a large, diverse genus of bacteria that includes species such as thuringiensis, licheniformis, pumilis, cereus and anthracis. Two of these species, B. cereus and B. anthracis, are known to be pathogenic to humans and animals. Because of this, the ability to differentiate species is extremely important. Biochemical tests and other tools exist which allow for the proper identification of the organism in question, B. subtilis. The Bacillus subtilis species is known to produce the enzyme subtilisin which has been reported to produce allergenic or hypersensitivity reactions to individuals repeatedly exposed to the enzyme in industrial settings. ANIMAL STUDIES: A battery of tests determined that QST 713 Technical product is not pathogenic and has no significant toxicity. The acute oral toxicity/pathogenicity, acute pulmonary toxicity/pathogenicity, and acute intravenous toxicity/ pathogenicity studies demonstrated no significant toxicity and a lack of pathogenicity. As would be expected for any microbial pesticide, QST 713 did elicit a very mild delayed hypersensitivity response and is considered a potential dermal sensitizer.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)