Genome organization is not conserved between Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 621-631

  Økstad, Ole A ^a   Hegna, Ida ^a   Lindbäck, Toril ^a   Rishovd, Anne Lise ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus subtilis; Comparative genome analysis; Gene organization; Repeated sequence

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032984764     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-3-621     Document Type: Article

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