Genetic diversity among Bacillus anthracis soil isolates at fine geographic scales

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6433-6437

  Stratilo, Chad W ^a   Bader, Douglas E ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; ANTHRAX OUTBREAK; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; REAL-TIME PCR; TANDEM REPEATS; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE SPREAD; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BUFFALO; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BISON; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CANADA; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BISON; BISON BISON;

EID: 84866175111     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01036-12     Document Type: Article

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