Genomics of the Bacillus cereus group of organisms

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-329

  Rasko, David A ^a   Altherr, Michael R ^b   Han, Cliff S ^b   Ravel, Jacques ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus; Genome; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST RANGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; REPLICON; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTENY; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 15944417910     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.12.005     Document Type: Review

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