The Bacillus cereus group: Novel aspects of population structure and genome dynamics

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 579-593

  Tourasse, N J ^a   Helgason, E ^a,b   Okstad O A ^a   Hegna, I K ^a   Kolsto A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus group; Clonal complex; Genome dynamics; Intron; IStron; MLST; Repeated sequences

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; GENES;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUPS; CLONAL COMPLEX; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; GENOME DYNAMIC; GENOMIC STRUCTURE; INTRON; ISTRA; MULTI-LOCI SEQUENCE TYPING; POPULATION STRUCTURES; REPEATED SEQUENCES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 33747139299     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03087.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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