Molecular methods to evaluate biodiversity in Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis strains from different origins

Food Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Manzano, Marisa ^a   Giusto, Cristina ^a   Iacumin, Lucilla ^a   Cantoni, Carlo ^b   Comi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

RAPD PCR; rep PCR; TTGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA GYRASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 61449157239     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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