Genotypic diversity among Bacillus licheniformis strains from various sources

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  De Clerck, Elke ^a   De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Intraspecies diversity; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; DNA 16S; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATINASE; PENICILLIN G; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 0842330740     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00935-2     Document Type: Article

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