Homoduplex and heteroduplex polymorphisms of the amplified ribosomal 16S-23S internal transcribed spacers describe genetic relationships in the "Bacillus cereus group"

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 5460-5468

  Daffonchio, D ^a   Cherif, A ^a   Borin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEASE S1; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SILVER STAINING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0034466660     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.12.5460-5468.2000     Document Type: Article

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