High abundance and diversity of Bacillus anthracis plasmid pXO1-like replicons in municipal wastewater

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Bahl, Martin Iain ^a   Rosenberg, Kirsten ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus sensu lato; phylogeny; pXO1; repX

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; REPX PROTEIN, BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REPLICON; SEWAGE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CITIES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 77956513742     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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