Identification and characterization of clinical Bacillus spp. isolates phenotypically similar to Bacillus anthracis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Beesley, Cari A ^a   Vanner, Cynthia L ^b   Helsel, Leta O ^a   Gee, Jay E ^a   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus; Brevibacterium frigoritolerans; Direct fluorescent antibody assay; Polyglutamic acid capsule

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CELL WALL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; WOUND;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SP.; BREVIBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78349243246     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02120.x     Document Type: Letter

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