Bacillus anthracis: Molecular taxonomy, population genetics, phylogeny and patho-evolution

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1218-1224

  Pilo, Paola ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Identification; Patho evolution; Phylogeny; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PXO1; PLASMID PXO2; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 79960404845     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.013     Document Type: Review

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