Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: A rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1117-1123

  Sacchi, Claudio T ^a   Whitney, Anne M ^b   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   Morey, Roger ^a,c   Steigerwalt, Arnold ^a   Boras, Arijana ^a   Weyant, Robin S ^b   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036775323     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0810.020391     Document Type: Article

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