蜡样芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus)属芽孢杆菌属,该属细菌分两群,第Ⅰ群22个种为常见的,已承认的种,第Ⅱ群26个种为少见的,需进一步研究的未定种。一百多年前人们已了解本属的炭疽芽孢杆菌为人和动物炭疽的病原菌;其他的芽孢杆菌,特别是蜡样芽孢杆菌,近年来国外时有引起肺炎、骨髓炎、败血症、心内膜炎、眼炎等临床感染和食物中毒的报道,其致病性逐渐为人们所认识。 Bacillus cereus belongs to the genus Bacillus, which belongs to two groups. Of the 22 species of group I, 22 are common and recognized species, and 26 species of group II are uncommon and undetermined for further study Species. More than one hundred years ago, people knew that B. anthracis belongs to the pathogen of human and animal anthrax. Other Bacillus, especially Bacillus cereus, have caused pneumonia, osteomyelitis, septicemia and endocarditis in foreign countries in recent years , Ophthalmia and other clinical infections and food poisoning reports, the pathogenic gradually recognized by people.