Use of 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, and gyrB gene sequence analysis to determine phylogenetic relationships of Bacillus cereus group microorganisms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3711-3730

  Bavykin, Sergei G ^a   Lysov, Yuri P ^a,b   Zakhariev, Vladimir ^a,b   Kelly, John J ^a,c   Jackman, Joany ^d   Stahl, David A ^e   Cherni, Alexey ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRYB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GYRASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3843054732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3711-3730.2004     Document Type: Article

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