Geographical distribution of genotypic and phenotypic markers among Bacillus anthracis isolates and related species by historical movement and horizontal transfer

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 472-478

  Kiel, J L ^a   Parker, J E ^a   Holwitt, E A ^a   McCreary, R P ^b   Andrews, C J ^a   de Los Santos, A ^a   Wade, M ^c   Kalns, J ^d   Walker, W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Hyperion Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 65549159256     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0074-2     Document Type: Article

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