Growth characteristics of Bacillus anthracis compared to other Bacillus spp. on the selective nutrient media Anthrax Blood Agar® and Cereus Ident Agar®

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-28

  Tomaso, Herbert ^a   Bartling, Carsten ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^a   Hagen, Ralf M ^a   Scholz, Holger C ^a   Beyer, Wolfgang ^b   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus; Growth media; Selective nutrient media

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEINOCOCCI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCI;

EID: 30744454026     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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