Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and bacillus thuringiensis - One species on the basis of genetic evidence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2627-2630

  Helgason, Erlendur ^a   Økstad, Ole Andreas ^a   Caugant, Dominique A ^b   Johansen, Henning A ^a   Fouet, Agnes ^c   Mock, Michéle ^c   Hegna, Ida ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034040861     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2627-2630.2000     Document Type: Article

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