Genomic diversity and relationship of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus by multi-REP-PCR fingerprinting

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Cherif, Ameur ^a   Ettoumi, Besma ^a   Raddadi, Noura ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Multi REP PCR fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; REACTION KINETICS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FINGERPRINTING; MULTI-REP-PCR FINGERPRINTING; POLYMORPHIC BANDS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BOXA1R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR AIZAWAI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ALESTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR CANADENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR COLMERI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR DAKOTA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR DARMSTADIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR DENDROLIMUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ENTOMOCIDUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR FINITIMUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR GALLERIAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR INDIANA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KENYAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KUAMOTOENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KYUSHUENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR MORRISONI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR OSTRINIAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR PAKISTANI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR SHANDOGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR SOTTO; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR THOMPSONI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TOCHIGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TOHOKUENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TOLWORTHI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TOUMANOFFI; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROTYPE; TYPE STRAIN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DENDROLIMUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 34147169703     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-129     Document Type: Article

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