A randomly amplified polymorphic DNA marker specific for the Bacillus cereus group is diagnostic for Bacillus anthracis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1298-1303

  Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Borin, Sara ^a   Frova, Giuseppe ^a   Gallo, Romina ^b   Mori, Elena ^b   Fani, Renato ^b   Sorlini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME MARKER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0033025309     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1298-1303.1999     Document Type: Article

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