Pathogenomic sequence analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates closely related to Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3382-3390

  Han, Cliff S ^a   Xie, Gary ^a   Challacombe, Jean F ^a,b   Altherr, Michael R ^a   Bhotika, Smriti S ^a,f   Bruce, David ^a   Campbell, Connie S ^a   Campbell, Mary L ^a   Chen, Jin ^a,h   Chertkov, Olga ^a   Cleland, Cathy ^a   Dimitrijevic, Mira ^a   Doggett, Norman A ^a   Fawcett, John J ^a   Glavina, Tijana ^b,c   Goodwin, Lynne A ^a   Hill, Karen K ^a   Hitchcock, Penny ^a,g   Jackson, Paul J ^a,d   Keim, Paul ^e   Kewalramani, Avinash Ramesh ^a   Longmire, Jon ^a   Lucas, Susan ^b,d   Malfatti, Stephanie ^b,d   McMurry, Kim ^a   Meincke, Linda J ^a   Misra, Monica ^a   Moseman, Bernice L ^a   Mundt, Mark ^a   Munk, A Christine ^a   Okinaka, Richard T ^a   Parson Quintana, B ^a   Reilly, Lee Philip ^a   Richardson, Paul ^b,c   Robinson, Donna L ^a   Rubin, Eddy ^b,c   Saunders, Elizabeth ^a   Tapia, Roxanne ^a   Tesmer, Judith G ^a   Thayer, Nina ^a   Thompson, Linda S ^a   Tice, Hope ^b,c   Ticknor, Lawrence O ^a   Wills, Patti L ^a   Brettin, Thomas S ^a   Gilna, Paul ^a   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARCASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646245694     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.9.3382-3390.2006     Document Type: Article

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