Bacillus anthracis evolution and epidemiology

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 271, Issue , 2002, Pages 21-32

  Keim, P ^a   Smith, K L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VICTORIA;

EID: 0036022853     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05767-4_2     Document Type: Review

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