MLVA and SNP analysis identified a unique genetic cluster in Bulgarian Bacillus anthracis strains

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 923-930

  Antwerpen, M ^a   Ilin, D ^b   Georgieva, E ^b   Meyer, H ^a   Savov, E ^b   Frangoulidis, D ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUNGARY; ITALY; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BULGARIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80051673070     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1177-2     Document Type: Article

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