Population structure of the Bacillus cereus group as determined by sequence analysis of six housekeeping genes and the plcR gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5253-5261

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,f   Kim, Jong Wan ^c   Kim, Jong Man ^c   Kim, Wonyong ^b   Chung, Sang In ^b   Kim, Ik Jung ^d   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a,e  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GYRB GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MBL GENE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MUTS GENE; NDH GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLCR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 4544251398     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.9.5253-5261.2004     Document Type: Article

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