Genetic diversity in a Bacillus anthracis historical collection (1954 to 1988)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1777-1782

  Sue, David ^a,c   Marston, Chung K ^a   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; NONHUMAN; PAGA GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WORLD HEALTH;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 34250689891     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02488-06     Document Type: Article

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