Variable numbers of rRNA gene operons in Bacillus cereus strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Johansen, Trine ^a   Carlson, Cathrine Rein ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; dnaA; oriC; rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0029920941     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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