DnaJ sequences of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from outbreaks of hospital infection are highly similar to Bacillus anthracis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-315

  Zhang, Jiwei ^a   van Hung, Pham ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a   Yoshida, Shigeru ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. cereus; Ba813; DnaJ; Identification

Indexed keywords

BA813 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAP PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN DNAJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

16S RDNA GENE; ARTICLE; BA813 GENE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CAP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNAJ GENE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEREMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79959251316     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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